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"This is a great escape film for basking in the beauties of the South of France. The color schemes and scenery are blessings to the eye. Where the film bogs down is in the filler scenes of people dancing together. This dancing and singing device has been overdone since The Bill Chill, where it actually had some relevance. After that, so many films fill up their running time with these interminable dances, which don't add much and seem self-indulgent on the part of the director. The placid, sleepy rhythm of the film does not propel it forward either. Whereas the Otto Preminger film portra..."