ingrid bergman be a temporarily impoverish polish countess in 1900s paris who find herself pursue by france most popular general and a glamorous count and that on top of be engage to a shoe magnate . such be the failproof premise that entrain one of the most delirious plot in movie history . there be backroom political machination by the general handler and a downed balloonist and ecstatic bastille day throng and but the heart of this gorgeously photograph film be the frantic upstairs or downstairs intrigue involve randy servant and only slightly more restrained aristocrat . yes and it rule of the game redux . before it all over even gaston modot and the jealous gamekeeper in rule and put in an appearance a a gypsy capo and no less . thing happen a little too thick and fast toward the end and result in some confusion for this non french speaker and but what the heck elena and her men be another deeply humane renoir masterpiece .