Les Caprices de Marie (1970)
Marie (Marthe Keller) is the most beautiful girl in her small village. She enters a beauty contest in a nearby town and wins the top prize. Broderick (Bert Convey) is the young American businessman who falls in love with the newly crowned beauty queen. She agrees to marry him but states she cannot leave her village behind her. He buys the entire village and moves them all to a small island near Manhattan. Try as they may, the simple villagers cannot adjust to the turbulence of the big city with the Statue of Liberty always looming in the background. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Marthe Keller, Valentina Cortese, (more)
- Director(s):
- Philippe de Broca
Synopsis of Les Caprices de Marie
Marie (Marthe Keller) is the most beautiful girl in her small village. She enters a beauty contest in a nearby town and wins the top prize. Broderick (Bert Convey) is the young American businessman who falls in love with the newly crowned beauty queen. She agrees to marry him but states she cannot leave her village behind her. He buys the entire village and moves them all to a small island near Manhattan. Try as they may, the simple villagers cannot adjust to the turbulence of the big city with the Statue of Liberty always looming in the background. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
Complete Cast of Les Caprices de Marie
- Marthe Keller - Marie
- Bert Convy - Broderick MacPower
- Philippe Noiret - Gabriel
- Jean-Pierre Marielle - Leopold Panneton
- Henri Cremieux - Postman
- Valentina Cortese - Madeleine de Lepine
- Fernand Gravey - Capt. Ragot
- François Perier - Jean-Jules de Lepine
- Didi Perego - Aurore Panneton
- Director(s):
- Philippe de Broca
- Writer(s):
- Philippe de Broca, Daniel Boulanger
- Producer(s):
- Christian Ferry
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