A Parisian socialite marries an American businessman on a visit to the States but the marriage quickly falls apart. She need not worry as the union is not valid in her native France, leaving her free to wed a French metallurgist with very traditional ideas about matrimony. As farcical chance would have it, the metallurgist invites a prospective business partner to dinner one night, who just happens to be his wife’s ex-husband! Based on a 1925 operetta by lyricist Andre Barde and composer Maurice Yvai, the latest work from acclaimed director Alain Resnais is a charming, entertaining musical comedy and a far cry from the more sober works which established him as one of the major Left Bank filmmakers.