Faisons Un Reve (aka Let's Make A Dream) (1936)

An unmarried lawyer (Sacha Guitry) attempts to seduce a married woman (Jacqueline Delubac) and she seems pleased with the idea. But a night of bliss turns problematic when they fall asleep and she hasn't returned home. What will they tell her husband (Raimu)? Based on the play by Sacha Guitry which he adapts for the screen and also directs. Except for the brief prologue, Guitry makes no attempt to disguise the movie's theatrical origins. It's not a cinematic film and Guitry even has a near 20 minute monologue with no one else on stage but him. But he's a marvelous comic actor so you don't mind the theatricality of the scene and speech. The film's farcical elements are all in place and the three actors' timing is impeccable though clearly Delubac isn't as skilled as Guitry or Raimu, she's charming. With Arletty, Michel Simon and Claude Dauphin who appear briefly in the film's prologue.