
A composer, inspired by a magazine photo of a young woman, lands a job as a butler in her family's Riviera villa to find out more..


Is it worth your time? If you like black-and-white comedies where people have too much time on their hands and wear suits on the beach, you’ll probably get a kick out of this. If the idea of a guy getting a job just to stalk a woman he saw in a magazine makes your skin crawl, stay far away. It’s definitely a product of...

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Géza von Bolváry

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"Is it worth your time? If you like black-and-white comedies where people have too much time on their hands and wear suits on the beach, you’ll probably get a kick out of this. If the idea of a guy getting a job just to stalk a woman he saw in a magazine makes your skin crawl, stay far away. It’s definitely a product of its time, let's put it that way. The whole premise is honestly a bit unhinged. Our hero is a composer who sees a photo and just decides, 'Yeah, I'm gonna go be their butler.' It’..."

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