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Christine Jourdan est un sculpteur coté qui, pour évincer son impresario Ancelin, s’est inventée un amant du nom de Nicolas. Bientôt elle se marie avec Jacques, mais celui-ci se montre jaloux de l’amant supposé. Les journaux publiant le décès d’un Nicolas, Christine en profite pour annoncer la mort de son amant. Mais l’homme en question a été assassiné par une femme. Jacques et Ancelin soupçonnent Christine et se livrent aux pires excentricités. Ce premier long-métrage rencontra un beau succès avec plus de 1,8 millions d’entrée à l’époque de sa sortie.
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Once Is Enough (1946)
100 min
Christine Jourdan is a highly rated sculptor who, to oust her impresario Ancelin, invented a lover named Nicolas. Soon she marries Jacques, but he proves to be jealous of the supposed lover. The newspapers publishing the death of a Nicolas, Christine takes the opportunity to announce the death of her lover. But the man in question was murdered by a woman. Jacques and Ancelin suspect Christine and indulge in the worst eccentricities.