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Mademoiselle ma mère (1936)

Mademoiselle ma mère poster
Directed by
Henri Decoin
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A rich young woman marries an older man but avoids sleeping with him. She then falls in love with her stepson instead.

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What happens

Mademoiselle ma mère (My Mother Is a Miss) is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Henri Decoin, and starring Danielle Darrieux, Pierre Brasseur and Pierre Larquey. The screenplay was written by Jean Boyer, based on a play by Louis Verneuil. The music score is by Georges Van Parys. It tells the story of a rich young girl who avoids having sex with her older husband and falls in love with her stepson. The film was remade as Novio, marido y amante (1948) in Argentina. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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