Struggling artist René Lefèvre (Michel) is painting his latest model/mistress and gold-digger Vanda Gréville (Vanda) when his ballet-dancing fiancée Béatrice (Annabella) walks in on them and isn't happy with the situation. At the same time, we discover that Lefèvre is skint and a large group of people come calling for payment that he owes. He is in a pickle! There is hope. A lottery ticket will resolve everything if only the ticket can be located. So begins a lottery ticket hunt.
The film is a musical comedy and whilst there are moments that are quite funny, due to the manner in which the characters act the part or deliver the dialogue, I couldn't find any music. There is plenty of singing but no actual music. No tunes, just utter rubbish. There are also sequences of French bedroom farce, only set in an Opera House, with endless characters running around. It's pretty tiresome. And I'm afraid this type of comedy paired with the overlong musical sections renders the film a bit of a bore.
The two main characters who play the best friends clearly aren't best friends, the technique of laboriously singing the story to develop the plot grates the nerves and it's a shame. The film did inspire me to buy a lottery ticket. However, I've just come back from the shop with a bottle of wine but forgot to buy the ticket. Sacré bleu!
The film is a musical comedy and whilst there are moments that are quite funny, due to the manner in which the characters act the part or deliver the dialogue, I couldn't find any music. There is plenty of singing but no actual music. No tunes, just utter rubbish. There are also sequences of French bedroom farce, only set in an Opera House, with endless characters running around. It's pretty tiresome. And I'm afraid this type of comedy paired with the overlong musical sections renders the film a bit of a bore.
The two main characters who play the best friends clearly aren't best friends, the technique of laboriously singing the story to develop the plot grates the nerves and it's a shame. The film did inspire me to buy a lottery ticket. However, I've just come back from the shop with a bottle of wine but forgot to buy the ticket. Sacré bleu!