The Scoundrel (1971)
"Les mariés de l'an deux" (original title)

Nicolas Philibert 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.

Director:

Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Writers:

Jean-Paul Rappeneau (scenario), Jean-Paul Rappeneau (adaptation),

Stars:

Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marlène Jobert, Laura Antonelli

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean-Paul Belmondo	...	Nicolas Philibert - un candidat au divorce entraîné malgré lui dans la Révolution française
Marlène Jobert	...	Charlotte Philibert - la femme de Nicolas
Laura Antonelli	...	Pauline de Guérandes - une riche héritière
Michel Auclair	...	Le prince
Julien Guiomar	...	Le représentant du peuple
Mario David	...	Requiem - le cocher du prince
Charles Denner	...	Le passager partisan des républicains
Georges Beller	...	Simon
Paul Crauchet	...	L'accusateur public
Marc Dudicourt	...	Le chauve
Patrick Préjean	...	Saint-Aubin
Sim	...	Lucas - le comptable de Gosselin
Pierre Brasseur	...	Gosselin - un négociant en vins - le père de Charlotte
Sami Frey	...	Henri - marquis de Guérandes - le chef d'une troupe de chouans (as Sami Frei)
Jean Barney	...	L'orateur républicain

Storyline

After his escape to America in the year 1787 Nicolas Phillibert wants to marry a rich American heiress. In his homeland France he is still married however to the pretty Charlotte. In order to obtain the divorce, he must return therefore to France. In confusions of the french revolution he soon gets between Royalisten and republicans. After numerous bold adventures he finds his life-merry wife as bride of the best sword fighter of the Bourbonen.

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Plot Keywords:

america | divorce | aristocrat | revolution | french revolution | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

France Italy Romania

Language:

French

Release Date:

7 April 1971 (France)

Also Known As:

Musketier mit Hieb und Stich

Filming Locations:

Château de Compiègne, Compiègne, Oise, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gaumont International, Rizzoli Film, Filmstudio Bucuresti

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

8th biggest grossing movie of its year in France.

User Reviews

The new joys of divorce.

Pleasant harmless adventures in costume during the French Revolution (L'an II is 1793).The first half is my favorite ,for it features Italian beauty Laura Antonelli whose photo romances I had read a few years before.There's also a very good score by Michel Legrand (who else?) and a splendid cinematography by Claude Renoir.The story is pleasant : a raider (Belmondo) comes to back from Canada to find that his wife (Marlene Jobert) is wooed by two nobles."Divorce" was a new word in the French vocabulary.Patrick Dewaere,who was about to become one of the most popular actors of the French seventies ,appears as a conscript.