Perhaps a little too cute and contrived, but the acting is superb, and Walbrook--as the master of ceremonies--is the ideal sophisticated guide to this sad sweet world of lust and romance.

The circle of chlamydia is disclosed in this one, which obviously is sleazy fun at times for everyone involved, but also rather tedious in the end.. As one would expect the cinematography is beautiful, Ophüls' direction fluent as ever and the meta-aspect kind of cool

I liked the individual episodes well enough (the married couples' being probably my favorite) but I could have done without the meta-isms and the narrator. It looks fantastic.

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A delightful film with the gorgeous visuals you can always count on from Ophuls. Everything in it is well done, but it feels a little too fluffy to be a truly great engrossing movie. It's as if Ophuls thought of a great premise and got so caught up in making it work beautifully that he forgot to give it a point. It's still plenty enjoyable, though.

# 634

Very light, breezy and enjoyable. The structure makes the whole thing move by at a pretty solid clip, and it's really enjoyable to see each character play out two different romances. My favorite sequence was probably the one with Danielle Darrieux discussing infidelity with her husband, but they're all very worthwhile. As you'd expect from any Ophuls film, it's absolutely beautiful to look at.

612

Who would have thought that a movie about a random assortment of people who are screwing each other could be so classy, literate and elegant? But wait, Ophüls then outdoes this a year later with his even classier Le Plaisir which prominently features prostitutes.

A light, funny, sexy romance/comedy with a clever plot device. The film has many intriguing facets... not just the symmetries, but also the asymmetries. Ophuls is working with what appears to be a formal structure, but doesn't mind bending the rules once in a while. It's interesting to see how each person functions in two different relationships, themselves always being consistent in character but placed in a different context. And I hardly need to mention that the photography is fantastic.