Word: cannier
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hands, could make a diverting screwball comedy. These are not the right hands. The film is a noisy, pell-mell piece of work. Deneuve has so little flair for physical comedy that the frequent closeups of her stunning face are more enlivening than her knockabout scenes. Montand is a cannier performer; his offhand Gallic charm offers a study in how an actor can operate at a safe distance from his material. Even his smile is pained, as well...