This 1955 film is from much later in the career of director René Clair, and shows his eventual reliance upon, and comfort with, dialogue-heavy comedy. It’s about an officer who bets that he can seduce a young beauty in the local village before he’s sent away to training camp just before what would eventually become to be known as World War I. Gérard Philipe stars as the officer, and Michèle Morgan as the object of his wager – but look for another beauty, in a supporting role. She’s played by Brigitte Bardot, the year before she exploded as the star of ...And God Created Woman.