Mon Pere Avait Raison (aka My Father Was Right) (1936)

A rather self absorbed father (Sacha Guitry) is rather indifferent to his 10 year old son (Serge Grave). But after his wife (Betty Daussmond) abandons him and their child, he becomes a more loving parent. Jump 20 years and he and his now grown son (Paul Bernard) have a good relationship but the effects of his mother's abandonment are beginning to show. Based on the 1919 play by Sacha Guitry and adapted for the screen and directed by Guitry. It took quite awhile for me to warm up to this comedy of manners and it was only when the narrative jumped 20 years that I began to enjoy the movie. Guitry doesn't bother to hide the film's theatrical origins. The entire film takes place on one set, the father's study. It's a talky piece with some genuine wit though the film's attitude toward women range from dated to downright misogynistic. With Gaston Dubosc and Jacqueline Delubac.