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Jean-Louis Matouzec works for French National Library as an expert looking after the restoration of old manuscripts.He falsifies marriage certificates as his wife refuses divorce.

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A young man is sensitive, romantic, emotionally rich. Sadly enough he is married to a cold woman who only lives for her television set. Since his wife refuses to give him a divorce, and since he is too nice to push her into the Seine, it looks as though this unenviable situation is going to last forever. But then the young man has a glorious idea : what if he used his considerable professional skills as a restorer in order to forge official documents ? After all, documents testifying to matters such as celibacy, marriage or widowhood are just pieces of paper... &quot;Les compagnons de la marguerite&quot; is a funny comedy with a very individual style - unruly, anarchic, poetic, dreamlike. Not all the jokes and gags land, but those that do are great. The plot deals with a young man who has found a way in which to undermine the traditional conception of marriage. His antics attract the attention of the police (depicted mainly as a bunch of outmoded and pompous incompetents), but at the same time he becomes the idol of a growing segment of the population. For who wouldn&#39;t like to be freed from an unsatisfactory relationship, with a minimum of fuss and bother ? If you play your cards right, the neighbors might even fail to notice that Mrs. Johnson nr. 1 has been replaced with a Mrs. Johnson nr. 2... Nowadays the material feels less edgy than it must have felt anno 1967. However, a number of satirical arrows still find their target, especially with regard to marital (un)happiness and societal hypocrisy. The idea of a group of daisy-wearing revolutionaries worshipping their trailblazing hero is pretty funny too. Wait for the line about Rabelais - pure gold. In the movie you can see a very young Claude Rich at work in a comic role, with his usual otherworldly aplomb. If you&#39;d like to see him in a far more serious role, this time as a mature artist, check out his tour-de-force duel with Claude Brasseur in &quot;Le souper&quot; (1992).

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Les compagnons de la marguerite

I watched &quot;Les Compagnons de la marguerite&quot; this evening and I was shocked by it&#39;s quality. It has been placed in a block of old and already forgotten comedies - so I did not suspect so great movie. I laughed all the time - because of perfectly written dialogues, witty gags and a superb plot (the movie is about a clerk, who can perfectly change dates in the official registers and helps people to divorce them without any long lawsuits). My rating is 9/10.

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Les compagnons de la marguerite

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Clever and very well-written comedy

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