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Les Caprices de Marie
1970 Romance / Comedy
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Director:
Philippe de Broca
Starring: Philippe Noiret, Bert Convy, Valentina Cortese, Fernand Gravey, Jean-Pierre Marielle Synopsis
Angevine is a blissfully happy
French village, thanks to Mayor Leopold Panneton’s efforts to conceal
bad news from everyone. Panneton’s daughter, Marie, is selected
as Miss Blue Waters in a beauty contest. Used to getting what she
wants, Marie is disappointed when Gabriel, the local schoolteacher and
the only man she loves, proves to be too shy to proclaim his love for
her. Meanwhile, American millionaire Broderick McPower is sailing
his yacht off the coast of France when he learns that his fourth wife
intends to divorce him. Without a moment’s delay, Broderick asks
his secretary to find him a new wife in France, ideally a girl with the
title Queen of Something. Hearing about Marie Panneton, Broderick
lands his helicopter in Angevine and causes an instant commotion in the
usually quiet village with a show of cheerleaders, cowboys and showers
of presents for the entire population. Attracted by the prospect
of a life of luxury, Marie agrees to marry Broderick. But once
they are settled in New York, Marie begins to get bored of her new
fairytale life and soon misses Angevine and Gabriel...
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