Les caprices de Marie

1970Movie⏱️ 1h 32mG

ComedyRomance

⭐ 5.9

IMDB Rating

240 votes

Marie, a young provincial girl, is seduced by an American billionaire. She did agree to follow him if he moves her village to New York.

Director

Philippe de Broca

Writers

Daniel Boulanger, Philippe de Broca, Renato Izzo

Stars

Philippe Noiret, Bert Convy, Valentina Cortese

Release Date

February 26, 1970

Language

French, English

Country

France, Italy

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🎭 Top Cast

Philippe Noiret

as Gabriel

Bert Convy

as Broderick MacPower

Valentina Cortese

as Madeleine de Lépine

Fernand Gravey

as Le capitaine Ragot

Marthe Keller

as Marie Panneton

Jean-Pierre Marielle

as Léopold Panneton

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Didi Perego

as Aurore Panneton

François Périer

as Jean-Jules de Lépine

Henri Crémieux

as Le facteur

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Colin Drake

as Cummins

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.66 : 1

Sound

Mono

Filming Location

Dammartin-en-Serve, Yvelines, France

Production

Les Productions Artistes Associés, Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA)

🏷️ Keywords

villagenewspaper articlebillionaireamerican abroadlove triangle

🎯 Categories

FrenchComedyRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Something she had always wanted - a baby hippopotamus!

by Charlot47 • 2025-05-05

"We meet the delectable Marie amid an affectionate recreation of an imaginary village in France of the time, though villages in France at that time were often at least 50 years behind the time. Daughter of the communist and pacifist innkeeper-cum-mayor, she is in love with the only possible bachelor, a shy schoolmaster named Gabriel who prefers playing his cello. Swept off her feet by a visiting American millionaire, she keeps refusing to say yes to him, hoping all along that Gabriel will rise to the challenge and ask for her hand. An ancient plot, moving from an idyllic utopia with an underto..."