SYNOPSIS
Apparently made by Renoir for the money, nevertheless this lively adaptation of a boulevard farce definitely has the director’s signature. Right from the beginning, the camera prowls around a grocery store to find the owner, Chotard, who despairs of his daughter’s choice of husband, an impecunious poet, and hopes to change his ways. The closing masked ball promises much of the later Renoir flair, and the cast are engaging throughout.