Le dompteur (1938)
5/10
Lion(and people)tamer.
21 July 2022
The most original thing in this so-so comedy is to see handsome Andrex as the foil to Jean Kérien (and not the other way about). Both work for TPT (=tout pour tous =everything for everyone) a service company ,but in which the latter accepts all the odd jobs nobody wants ;thus the first part is the most satisfying and the poor lad who "cannot say no"(he even sings it) but who will eventually learn how to reply with a categorical no , is so meek,so weak and so easily influenced it's impossible not to take pity on him .

Things begin to deteriorate with the heritage ,and the circus artists (particularly the clowns) overplay in a way which is almost unbearable,forcing the star to do the same ,and he's not really convincing as the master who rules everybody with an iron hand.
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