this be late rene clair but none the bad for that . the first thing you notice be the color while pastel to a fault so that even the bright red trouser of the dragoon seem somehow mute . there an unreal quality about the whole thing so that the overall effect be like watch a marionette show under water . the next thing you notice be the toytown quality of the set and reminiscent of the castle in le visiteurs du soir and the whole town and interior and exterior look a though it never need sweeping or cleaning . the plot needn not detain u the one about the babe magnet who either wager himself or else his colleague wager on his behalf that he can seduce ( in the early 40 and the fleet in and the gi only have to kiss the girl to win the bet ) a girl select at random by a give date have be around since they be write with papyrus because it style not content we have come to see and we do not go away frustrate . what we have here be one of the great beauty of french cinema two if you want to stretch a point and include gerard philippe and who be about one generation ahead of alain delon in the pretty boy who can also act school wear exquisite clothes and smile her exquisite smile ( eat your heart out and julia robert ) and suffer as exquisitely a only michele morgan could . against all the odds and plot one step up from total cliché and mannered acting and predictable outcome and etc and we keep on watching and more than that and watch it again and again . let face it and on a clair day you can see forever .