Leonard is a very small delinquent, but teased by the police(he's got a two-year sentence to serve), he decides to take the place of his sister Yvonne, the fortune teller, and disguises himself accordingly. The building's concierge keeps him under her thumb and becomes the most suspicious of mistresses. A notary shows up with an inheritance at stake. Leonard still has to marry Mrs. Margenot and become the father of a child.
Based on a play and it shows ,it's thoroughly preposterous , but enlivened by his two stars:Jean Tissier dressed up as a woman reading naive women's cards and reluctantly forced to learn English to give his mistress' s business an international audience is absolutely priceless;Pierre Larquey as the bespectacled notary , finding hard to read the will and repeating: "I bequeath ...." to his impatient client is up to scratch too ....
Not much food for thought ,but plenty of fun,never a dull moment ,who could ask for more?
