Count Gerard is destitute, his coat of arms tarnished. A big deal should get him back on his feet, provided he presents a loving and united family around him. This is why Count Gerard, who does not appreciate family ties, puts together an assembly of entirely fictitious relatives...
He first chooses a daughter ,a student in the comedy of drama , who takes him as a fool first , but agrees to play the game ....followed by her father,her fiancé,her mother , and an unexpected son , not a fictitious relative this time,a youthful indiscretion....
As the count is broke, his servant has to expend a lot of effort to accomodate this would be family but he has more than one trick up his sleeve .
This is a pleasant little comedy ,written by the director and collaborator Jacques Companeez ; André Luguet and Denis Grey is a good pairing; not-so-handsome Jean Carmet serves as a foil to pretty boy Philippe Lemaire who vies with each other for the so called daughter -who is a big problem for the latter for she 's supposed to be his half-brother .
A "historical"prologue ,a la Guitry , tells us about the story of the Saint Aignan lineage ,whose biggest sin is not to be opportunist.
The ruined noble was a recurrent feature of the French movies ,in the forties and in the fifties :the best of the genre is "les affaires sont les affaires" ;"bonheur en location" (rented happiness) is a harmless little comedy ,but well acted and pleasant to watch.
