Elena And Her Man (1956)
Director:
Jean RenoirWriters:
Jean Renoir (scenario & adaptation and dialogue),Jean Serge (adaptation)Stars:
Ingrid Bergman, Jean Marais, Mel FerrerIn the 1950s, French films were considered the ne plus ultra in naughtiness by certain impressionable filmgoers. It was to these movie fans that the American distributor of Jean Renoir's Elena et les Hommes (Elena and the Men) catered when it provocatively retitled the picture Paris Does Strange Things As further grist to the mill for American publicity hacks, the film starred Ingrid Bergman, who had recently returned to Hollywood after her career was nearly ruined by a marital scandal. Actually there was nothing overtly erotic about Paris Does Strange Things. The film was a sweet romantic comedy wherein Bergmanplays a poverty-stricken Polish princess, who is wooed by eligible admirers Mel Ferrer and Jean Marais. Will she marry for love, or merely to restore her wealth? The suspense is bearable.
Here is the link to the film at the Internet Movie database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049177/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
