Film Reviews

1971 - Gli sposi dell'anno secondo (France, Italy and Romania), a.k.a. - 

  • Les mariés de l'an II
  • Les mariés de l'an deux
  • The Scarlet Buccaneer
  • The Swashbuckler
  • The Scoundrel

Jean-Paul Rappenau (director); Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Claude Sautet, Maurice Clavel (writers); with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marlène Jobert, Pierre Brasseur, Sami Frei, [comedy, adventure].

Nicolas Philibert (Belmondo) goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his own interest is rekindled. Antonelli plays the vivacious, two-timing, and socially ambitious young woman. Interesting cast.

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Durante la rivoluzione francese, un giovane emigrato in America per ragioni politiche torna in patria per divorziare, ma la moglie è molto cambiata. Commedia picaresca di cappa e spada che non riesce ad emergere da un'aurea mediocrità. Buon ritmo e dialoghi vivaci, ma non basta.

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Hij wou een tweede leven opbouwen in Amerika maar kreeg problemen toen hij, ook daar, wilde trouwen. Nu keert hij terug naar het Frankrijk van na de revolutie om zich te laten scheiden van zijn vrouw. De strijd wordt nog hevig, maar hij is goed met het zwaard.

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