Le soleil a toujours raison

Mediterranean fishing villages and misty Camargue flatlands. Fisherman Tonio (Tino Rossi)'s high tenor voice obviously makes him a babe magnet, but he has promised to be faithful to his cheerful and homely yet fiery fiancée Micheline (Presle), who herself has to fend off the approaches of scooter-boy Francis (René Alié) and wide-boy market trader Gabriel (Pierre Brasseur). Tonio is kind to the local innocent, so we basically know where we stand.

But he goes to the mas, the Camargue farm of strange old Charles Vanel, where he meets his discontented and shapely wife Georgia (Germaine Montero). If a gitan wife isn't happy, she smoulders morosely, she has the right to leave. Tonio can't think of a song to get himself out of this one. Oh, turns out he can.

For me the film takes off when the Camargue landscape adds a bit of menace, Montero appears, Vanel all-too-briefly stops Tino Rossi from singing, and Brasseur flirts with Presle. Quite enjoyable in the end.