Miquette, the daughter of Mme Grandier, a tobacconist, would be just another country girl if she did not make men crazy. For the time being, no fewer than three men vie for her: Marquis de la Tour Mirande, a nobleman ; Urbain , his young nephew ; and Monchablon, a mediocre actor on tour in her town.
Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a soft spot for 1930s French comedies that don't quite know where they're going. It’s light, it’s breezy, and it feels like it was filmed on a breezy afternoon when everyone had somewhere else to be. If you get annoyed by characters who make decisions just to keep the p...
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a soft spot for 1930s French comedies that don't quite know where they're going. It’s light, it’s breezy, and it feels like it was filmed on a breezy afternoon when everyone had somewhere else to be. If you get annoyed by characters who make decisions just to keep the plot from falling over, you’re going to hate this. Miquette is the kind of girl who makes every man in a ten-mile radius act like a complete fool. The Marquis, his nephew, and a wa..."
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