Bizarre, Bizarre

Bizarre, Bizarre

★ 7.0IMDb Score
Released:1937-10-20
Genre:Comedy
Duration:95 min
Country:France
Director:Marcel Carné
Actors:Françoise Rosay, Michel Simon, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis Jouvet, Nadine Vogel
Production:Productions Corniglion-Molinier

Overview:

A French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they pretend to go missing in order to hide from their sanctimonious cousin – an Anglican bishop who is leading a campaign against such writing.

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