La dame de Malacca (1937) Fr

Director: Marc Allégret Writers: Francis de Croisset (novel), Jan Lustig (screenplay) Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Pierre RichardWillm, Betty Daussmond Audrey finds a job of music teacher in a chic school, run by horrible spinsters where her Mona Lisa smile does not win her colleagues esteem; a to leave for the broader horizons of Malaysia proposes marriage to her; she hesitates, but her smoking not allowed in the posh school is the straw that breaks the camel s back:soon she is sailing on a luxury liner with a new husband. Audrey has not been on the ship all of five minutes that she meets a prince of Malaysia, Selim, and it s (almost) love at first sight. In Malaysia, where English collaborate with natives, Audrey, who threatens to become another exotic Madame Bovary writes an article, much to the macho hubby s displeasure : you can write about fashion or cooking, but don t you ever dabble in politics Prince Selim confided to her that although he is a powerful noble, he s been an outcast all of hi