most of this movie be the sort of mindless melodrama hollywood and paris produce in abundance in the 1930s . the acting be all fine and but the story be strictly from hunger . at the end and however and you get to see josephine baker in a major production number and the sort of musical extravaganza that make her a star in paris . there and for five minute and you understand that she be a lot more than just a woman in a banana skirt . watch the rest of the movie if youre into melodrama . but definitely watch the end . it explain the french reputation of josephine baker .