A couple get married, not out of love, but to get away from their families. When they run out of gas and have to stop at a mountain hotel, they discover their love is now real.
If you have eighty minutes to spare and love dusty old French comedies, Les époux scandaleux is a pretty fun watch today. It is perfect for anyone who likes cozy romance tropes like "fake marriage" but will definitely bore you if you need fast pacing or crisp modern sound. The plot is very simple. Albert and Roberta g...
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"If you have eighty minutes to spare and love dusty old French comedies, Les époux scandaleux is a pretty fun watch today. It is perfect for anyone who likes cozy romance tropes like "fake marriage" but will definitely bore you if you need fast pacing or crisp modern sound. The plot is very simple. Albert and Roberta get married just to escape their incredibly loud, annoying families. Honestly, the families are so grating in the first ten minutes of the film that I wanted to run away with the m..."
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