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1966-12-22 · 137 min · ★ 8.0

Comedy

Backstage at a Paris theater, a famous, exasperatingly fatuous playwright learns that the actress who was to play the lead in his play is expecting a child. No great actress is available to take on the role. Except the famous actress Gabrielle Tristan, to whom he was married for ten years and to whom he no longer speaks. But their love of theater and their playfulness outweigh all their grudges, and Gabrielle takes on her ex-husband's play.

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Jean Le PoulainJean Le PoulainHervé Montagne
Jean MarsanJean MarsanJean Bayard
René ClermontRené ClermontRobert Guise
Jean-Louis BroustJean-Louis BroustPierre Montagne
Jacques CironJacques CironMichaud
Guy MichelChristian
Maria PacômeMaria PacômeGabrielle Tristan
Marthe MercadierMarthe MercadierNicole Guise
Françoise DanellGisèle Montagne
Christine ChicoineFrançoise Watteau
Gérard TissotUn jeune homme
Patrice DenacUn jeune homme
Gérard OrtegaUn jeune homme
Patricia VilonUne jeune fille
Bernadette RobertBernadette RobertUne jeune fille
Christiane Casanova

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