Doctor Popaul doesnt trust beautiful women: he says he prefers moral beauty. Among colleagues he makes a bet who manages to sleep with the most ugly woman during the next year - and wins. Shortly after he meets the plain Christine on vacation in Tunesia. She leaves him after their first night, but by chance they meet again in Bordeaux. He learns that her father is a wealthy doctor whos very pleased to meet him and encourages him to become his son in law. Just on the wedding Popaul meets Christines beautiful sister, who has the bad fortune to always marry the dumbest guy around. But Popaul knows how to help her out...
1972
HD
95min
France
French
Claude Chabrol
Daniel Lecourtois
Marlène Appelt
Laura Antonelli
Daniel Ivernel
Dominique Zardi
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Mia Farrow
Michel Peyrelon
Patrick Préjean
based on novel or book
marriage
dark comedy
marriage of convenience
satire
nurse
prejudice
machismo
paraplegic
bordeaux france
