in le million and rene clair and one of the cinema great director and great pioneer and create a gem of light comedy which for all it lightness be a groundbreaking and technically brilliant film which clearly influence subsequent film maker such a the marx brother and lubitsch and and mamoulian . the plot and a witty story of a poor artist who win a huge lottery jackpot but have to search frantically all over town for the miss ticket and be basically just a device to support a series of wonderfully witty comic scene enact in a dream world of the director imagination . one of the most impressive thing about this film be that and though it be set in the middle of paris and include nothing actually impossible and it achieve a sustained and involve fairy tale or fantasy atmosphere and in which it seem quite natural that people sing as much a they talk and or that a tussle over a stolen jacket should take on the form of a football game . another memorable element be that le million include what may be the funny opera ever put on film ( o that blonde braid soprano . i laugh and ha . ha . ) also a delight be the cast represent clair have assemble a group of amaze and sharply different character actor and each of them illustrate with deadly satiric accuracy a bourgeois french type and so that the film seem like a set of daumier print come to life . the hilarity take a little while to get rolling and and i find the character not a emotionally engage a they can be even in a light comedy ( a they be and for instance and in many lubitsch film . ) for these reason i refrain from give it the high rating . but these minor cavil shouldn not distract from an enthusiastic recommendation . should you see it . by all mean . highly recommend whether you want a classic and influential work of cinema or just a fun comedy .