It’s a movie not to be taken any more seriously than a tune one hums for a season -- a little tedious, faintly absurd, but really quite pleasant.

The movie tells a love story of sorts, or a love-hate story, and even if it does lose its way toward the end it presents not one but two unusually good performances: by Montand... and by Romy Schneider.

César and Rosalie is a delightful watch all around.

I never thought of Yves Montand as a comic actor and funny man. But, here, he excels in his role as Cesar and I never would have guessed it.