The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
The Romance Is Contagious! The Fun Is Catching!
장르 : 코미디
상영시간 : 1시간 28분
연출 : Alexander Hall
각본 : George Seaton, Ken Englund
시놉시스
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
헐리우드 인기 여배우의 결혼 소식과 함께 전세계의 미디어들의 관심이 집중된 스코틀랜드의 외딴 섬을 배경으로 파파라치의 시선을 돌리기 위해 한 지역 소녀를 가짜 신부로 고용하면서 일어나는 일을 담고 있는 로맨스 코미디.
잘 나가는 회사원 퀸시(제이미 폭스)는 약혼식 파티에서 약혼녀인 헬렌으로부터 도저히 말도 되지 않는 이유로 관계를 끝내자는 통보를 받는다. 다음날 직장 상사인 필립(피너 맥니콜)은 퀸시에게 자기대신 정리해고 명단을 작성하라는 명령을 내리고, 결국 퀸시는 자신의 이름도 해직 리스트에 올린 후 회사를 그만 둔다. 폐인처럼 지내는 퀸시는 사촌 에반(모리스 체스트넛)과 대화 하던 중 자신의 쓰라린 아픔을 바탕으로 한 '관계를 끝내는 법(The Breakup Handbook)"이라는 책을 출간하게 되고, 엄청난 베스트셀러가 되면서 TV까지 나오는 유명인사가 된다. 하지만 정작 자신은 평범한 작업조차 못하는 사람이 되어가고 있으니...
죠니는 고생을 많이하며 자랐지만 하버드를 졸업한 유능한 젊은이. 어느날 그는 평생 처음 휴가를 즐기러 레이크 플레씨드에 가고, 거기서 쥴리아와 사랑에 빠진다. 둘은 결혼을 약속하고 죠니는 절친한 친구 부부 파터에게 그 사실을 알린다. 파터 내외는 죠니가 혹시 가난한 처녀를 만난 건 아닌가 걱정한다. 그러나 쥴리아가 준 주소로 찾아간 죠니는 엄청난 부유함에 놀란다. 한편 줄리아의 아버에게 죠니와 결혼하겠다고 조르고 아버지 에드워드는 죠니의 직장 상사한테 그의 사업 수완이 탁월하단 평가를 듣고 내심 흡족해한다. 쥴리아의 언니 린다와 인사한 죠니는 린다의 자유스러운 성격, 활달함에 매료되고 린다는 린다대로 죠니를 향한 사랑에 가슴앓게 된다.
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