Jeunes mariés

Between 1950 and 1967, US air force created 11 bases in France. 15 Years later,De Gaulle dedided to evict non NATO French forces from his country.

Few movies deal with these air bases ,with the exception of the critically-acclaimed Melvin Van Pebbles' " la permission"aka "the story of a three -day pass" (1967) ;but it was a drama , the story of the love between a black soldier and a French white girl.

"Jeunes mariés" is a harmless comedy by Gilles Grangier whose thrillers in the late fifties were sometimes underrated;even talented François Périer and Anne Vernon can play their game well , in a far-fetched not really funny story.

It begins well enough when the just married (that's the title) come to a town where the people they meet speak English ("we may have crossed the Channel without noticing it") ;then the American GI trying to help them when they are in trouble on the road bit is mistaken for their aggressor.

Then the story becomes dull and repetitive; the mayor do not want to fall out with the Americans who are a good source of income in the country. Opinions differ,among the villagers .But the movie never really takes off.