Vintage Wine

A vintage British comedy of the Poinot family led by elderly matriarch Josephine Popinot.

They are a wealthy French family who make champagne. Concerns are raised as her son Charles Popinot (Seymour Hicks) as been living it up with a mistress in Rome.

Josephine plans to travel to Rome to have a showdown and maybe wrest control back of the family business from Charles.

Only Charles does not have a mistress. He has a wife of two year who has also given him an infant son.

The trouble is his wife thinks that Charles is in his 40s. He is in his 60s, has two grown up children and a granddaughter.

The truth comes out when they all arrive in Rome. It leaves Charles in the dog house with his wife and his mother.

Adapted from a stage play, this is a farce but it does not really translate well on film. It is amiable enough and fast moving.