La Fete A Henriettte (aka Holiday For Henrietta) (1952)

After their latest script fails to get the greenlight, two scriptwriters (Louis Seigner, Henri Cremieux) start from scratch to write a new screenplay. Over several days, they bicker over what direction the film's plot will take as they make it up as they go along. Written and directed by Julien Duvivier, this frothy confection is an absolute delight! What movie lover hasn't wanted to rewrite a film to his satisfaction while watching a movie? In this airy treat for film buffs, as the film moves forward, characters go from bad to good, people are killed off and then brought back to life, lovers are separated then reunited, changes happen so fast that our heads whirl! Everyone has an opinion where the plot should go as the narrative moves back and forth between the battling screenwriters and the story being told and retold. The cast must have loved how they get to play all sorts of riffs on their character. Remade (badly) as PARIS WHEN IT SIZZLES in 1964. The expert players include Dany Robin, Hildegard Knef, Michel Auclair, Micheline Francey and Michel Roux.