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Isidore Lechat is a ruthless self-made man whose money allows him to humiliate the others, particularly a ruined noble: he wants his daughter to marry this marquis's son but the girl is in love with a young scientist.
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Gilbert Quercy, 18, tried to commit suicide after a heartache. At the hospital, three women try to cheer him up : the three former wives of his father, an archaeologist and an egyptologist, whom Gilbert called his "mothers". These women show a lot of willingness, but soon will become intrusive.
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Кристина де Геранд только что потеряла мужа. Роясь в старых вещах, она находит записную книжку со своего первого бала, когда ей было всего шестнадцать лет. Кристина начинает подозревать, что возможно она прожила свою жизнь впустую, выйдя замуж за богатого, но пожилого человека, вместо того, чтобы выбрать спутником жизни кого-нибудь из молодых поклонников. Ее друг уговаривает начать новую жизнь и обрести смысл, но для этого надо покончить с тенями прошлого. Кристина решает разыскать своих бывших поклонников и узнать, как сложилась их жизнь. Она многое для себя откроет. Она обнаружит как, походя, воздействовала, не подозревая об этом, на чувства и судьбы людей…
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Albert Durandal is unable to keep a job for more than a few days. The reason: he hums while working, which invariably irritates his superiors. He is not hired as a singer for all that, as no music producer is prepared to bet on him. At the moment he is as free as a (singing) bird and accepts to take care of Josette, the little daughter of Jeanne, his neighbor, who is sick and has to go to a sanitarium. One day, while walking down the street, he helps an old man who has an attack. The latter happens to be an influential millionaire. And with a heart of gold into the bargain : he helps Albert to make it in the singing career. And as Jeanne has recovered, he can marry her and adopt Josette.
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On his wedding day, Robert confesses his father-in-law that twenty years ago, he seduced a lady in a sleeping car of a train. His mother-in-law overhears the conversation and convinces Robert that she was that lady and that makes Robert's bride also his daughter. The wedding is in danger of being annulled when the trickery is finally discovered.
