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The celebrated mime Jean-Gaspard Deburau abandons his marriage for Marie Duplessis. As he grows older and suffers from her betrayal, his bitterness turns toward his talented son, whose youth and promise threaten his pride as an artist.
Elle plans to marry neither of her wealthy suitors, while longing for the young man in a portrait. His older owner disguises himself as his own son for a masked ball, where Elle unknowingly falls for him; a rose thorn later reveals his identity, and she accepts both apparent father and son as one lover.
An older man travels to Monaco and is wrongly suspected of gambling. He befriends a deserted demi-mondaine, but when she betrays him with his best friend, he must regain the forgiveness of his strict wife.
A young woman and her husband wait at a wealthy lawyer's home. The husband grows impatient and leaves, claiming a business appointment while heading to his mistress; the lawyer, hidden in the next room, emerges to declare his love to the woman, and they arrange to meet that evening.
In 1778 Paris, the young Mozart visits the salon of Madame d’Épinay, where Marie-Anne de Saint-Pons is being pressed to marry the Marquis de Chambreuil. Mozart entertains the company and later composes pieces while flirting with the dancer La Guimard and corresponding with Aloysia Weber in Mannheim. His attention to Marie-Anne also angers the Marquis, while Louise’s fiancé reproaches her for flirting with Mozart. Baron Grimm reveals that he arranged with Mozart’s father to hasten the composer’s departure. Mozart reluctantly bids farewell to the women and to Paris.
Antiquarian Daniel Bachelet suspects his second wife Madeleine of an affair and announces a divorce. His first wife, Valentine, sees a chance to win him back, while Madeleine challenges Daniel to judge the men courting her.
Parisian hatter Prosper Aubertin, dissatisfied with home life, places an advertisement seeking a soulmate. He chooses a reply and is angered to discover the handwriting belongs to his wife Antoinette; his daughter Marie-Anne has also answered, as has their maid Félicie. Prosper arranges meetings for them with the people they have been corresponding with, including his own wife and daughter. At a rented villa in the Basque region, owner Victor is mistaken for the mysterious correspondent. The confusion is resolved: the Aubertins reconcile, Marie-Anne accepts Claude, and Victor pairs with Félicie. Their mute friend Hilarion regains his voice.
The celebrated mime Jean-Gaspard Deburau abandons his marriage for Marie Duplessis. As he grows older and suffers from her betrayal, his bitterness turns toward his talented son, whose youth and promise threaten his pride as an artist.
Elle plans to marry neither of her wealthy suitors, while longing for the young man in a portrait. His older owner disguises himself as his own son for a masked ball, where Elle unknowingly falls for him; a rose thorn later reveals his identity, and she accepts both apparent father and son as one lover.
An older man travels to Monaco and is wrongly suspected of gambling. He befriends a deserted demi-mondaine, but when she betrays him with his best friend, he must regain the forgiveness of his strict wife.
A young woman and her husband wait at a wealthy lawyer's home. The husband grows impatient and leaves, claiming a business appointment while heading to his mistress; the lawyer, hidden in the next room, emerges to declare his love to the woman, and they arrange to meet that evening.
In 1778 Paris, the young Mozart visits the salon of Madame d’Épinay, where Marie-Anne de Saint-Pons is being pressed to marry the Marquis de Chambreuil. Mozart entertains the company and later composes pieces while flirting with the dancer La Guimard and corresponding with Aloysia Weber in Mannheim. His attention to Marie-Anne also angers the Marquis, while Louise’s fiancé reproaches her for flirting with Mozart. Baron Grimm reveals that he arranged with Mozart’s father to hasten the composer’s departure. Mozart reluctantly bids farewell to the women and to Paris.
Antiquarian Daniel Bachelet suspects his second wife Madeleine of an affair and announces a divorce. His first wife, Valentine, sees a chance to win him back, while Madeleine challenges Daniel to judge the men courting her.
Parisian hatter Prosper Aubertin, dissatisfied with home life, places an advertisement seeking a soulmate. He chooses a reply and is angered to discover the handwriting belongs to his wife Antoinette; his daughter Marie-Anne has also answered, as has their maid Félicie. Prosper arranges meetings for them with the people they have been corresponding with, including his own wife and daughter. At a rented villa in the Basque region, owner Victor is mistaken for the mysterious correspondent. The confusion is resolved: the Aubertins reconcile, Marie-Anne accepts Claude, and Victor pairs with Félicie. Their mute friend Hilarion regains his voice.