Le Gendre de Monsieur Poirier (1933)
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Annie Ducaux, Léon Bernard, Jean Debucourt, Maurice Escande, Fernand Charpin, Raoul Marco, Albert Gercourt, Henry Darbray, Michel Kovachevitch
A wealthy bourgeois marries his daughter to an impoverished aristocrat, hoping the match will open doors to the nobility.
The story
Mr. Poirier, a wealthy bourgeois, marries his daughter Antoinette to the impoverished Marquis Gaston de Presles, hoping the alliance will help him gain entry to the nobility and peerage. Antoinette is passionately in love with her husband, but Gaston pursues a former lover. As Gaston’s infidelity is revealed and his lavish spending comes to light, a rift grows between the couple. The plot summary describes the conflict that unsettles their marriage, without specifying its eventual resolution.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Mr. Poirier, a wealthy bourgeois, has married his daughter Antoinette to an impoverished aristocrat, the Marquis Gaston de Presles, in the hope that he could help him gain access to the nobility and the peerage. Antoinette is passionately in love with her husband, while he pursues a former lover. The revelation of Gaston’s infidelity and his lavish spending soon lead to a rift with Antoinette. Finally, with the help of his friend Hector de Montmeyran, who opens his eyes, he decides to change his life and devote himself to his wife and his work.
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