A gay French farce on a theme rather akin to Othello and that sort of thing, which is
part of the fun.
The main linchpin is Bardot like a bird in a tree, reflected
by Boyer as her foil.
The young Cabinet chief is a ladies’ man, the
Président du conseil’s
daughter weds him and beds him and tames him by a stratagem involving a
visiting prince, and so you nearly have Olivier and Monroe.
Beautiful widescreen Technicolor for the joke, the
prince gads about in a brand-new silver fighter, the girl tags along, it’s
nicer in Nice... one is too attached to one’s career...