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In ancient Greece, Pan pursues the proud shepherdess Chloé while she loves the shepherd Daphnis. A group of bacchantes tries to cure Daphnis’s lovesickness with seduction and a potion of forgetfulness, but the lovers reunite after Pan accidentally drinks the potion himself.
In Paris in 1794, florist Clairette is engaged to the gentle barber Pomponnet but loves the poet and political activist Ange Pitou. To avoid the wedding, she publicly sings Pitou’s satirical song about actress Mademoiselle Lange and the politician Barras’s circle, expecting to be arrested. Lange summons Clairette and recognizes her as an old schoolfriend. When Pitou arrives, Clairette discovers that he is also courting Lange. During a conspirators’ meeting, Hussars surround Lange’s house, but she hides the conspirators’ identifying collars and wigs, turning the gathering into an innocent-looking ball. To take revenge, Clairette arranges a ball at Les Halles and tricks Lange and Pitou into attending through forged letters. After they are exposed, Clairette reconciles with Lange and chooses faithful Pomponnet over Pitou.
Two French wives, Gabrielle and Eglantine, are accidentally sent with a group of prospective brides to an island of male colonists. Their husbands follow them and disguise themselves to reach them, while the governor threatens the intruders; the arrival of the long-missing first ship ends the conflict and allows the four French visitors to return home.
Queen Elvira disguises herself as a peasant to learn about her proposed marriage and meets Manuel, a muleteer in disguise. Conspirators led by Don Pedro try to seize her throne, but Elvira outmaneuvers them. She learns Manuel is the King of Castille, while Don Pedro begs for mercy and the court celebrates.
In ancient Greece, Pan pursues the proud shepherdess Chloé while she loves the shepherd Daphnis. A group of bacchantes tries to cure Daphnis’s lovesickness with seduction and a potion of forgetfulness, but the lovers reunite after Pan accidentally drinks the potion himself.
In Paris in 1794, florist Clairette is engaged to the gentle barber Pomponnet but loves the poet and political activist Ange Pitou. To avoid the wedding, she publicly sings Pitou’s satirical song about actress Mademoiselle Lange and the politician Barras’s circle, expecting to be arrested. Lange summons Clairette and recognizes her as an old schoolfriend. When Pitou arrives, Clairette discovers that he is also courting Lange. During a conspirators’ meeting, Hussars surround Lange’s house, but she hides the conspirators’ identifying collars and wigs, turning the gathering into an innocent-looking ball. To take revenge, Clairette arranges a ball at Les Halles and tricks Lange and Pitou into attending through forged letters. After they are exposed, Clairette reconciles with Lange and chooses faithful Pomponnet over Pitou.
Two French wives, Gabrielle and Eglantine, are accidentally sent with a group of prospective brides to an island of male colonists. Their husbands follow them and disguise themselves to reach them, while the governor threatens the intruders; the arrival of the long-missing first ship ends the conflict and allows the four French visitors to return home.
Queen Elvira disguises herself as a peasant to learn about her proposed marriage and meets Manuel, a muleteer in disguise. Conspirators led by Don Pedro try to seize her throne, but Elvira outmaneuvers them. She learns Manuel is the King of Castille, while Don Pedro begs for mercy and the court celebrates.