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Bizarre, Bizarre
FRANCE · 1937

Bizarre, Bizarre

Marcel Carné
deception and disguise social hypocrisy Victorian morality marital dynamics censorship and artistic freedom
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Synopsis

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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