A wealthy heir seeks genuine love but becomes trapped in comic confusion after proposing to two women.
Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases
A Fortune With Strings Attached
Doudou inherits the Doucin sugar refinery and becomes wealthy. His fortune brings romantic attention, but he questions whether anyone loves him personally.
Key Events
Inheritance of the Sugar Refinery — Doudou inherits the Doucin sugar refinery from his father, gaining a considerable fortune.
Location: Doucin sugar refinery
Sudden Great Fortune — The inheritance establishes Doudou as a wealthy young man.
Location: Doucin sugar refinery
Doubt About Affection — Doudou worries that women are attracted to his fortune rather than to him.
Location: Unspecified setting
Luxury Car Abandoned — Doudou gives up his luxurious car to appear less wealthy.
Location: Street
The Humble Disguise
To test other people's feelings, Doudou abandons his luxury car and adopts an Isetta. He then meets Babette in the street and seduces her.
Key Events
Isetta Chosen — He replaces the luxury car with an Isetta in hopes of being loved for himself.
Location: Street
Street Encounter — Doudou meets a young woman in the street.
Location: Street
Babette Is Seduced — Doudou succeeds in seducing Babette after meeting her in the street.
Location: Street
Visit to Her Home — Doudou goes to Babette's home to meet her parents.
Location: Babette's residence
The Wrong Apartment
Doudou visits Babette's home to meet her parents. A mistake with the floor leads him instead to Poupette, another young woman to be married.
Key Events
Search for the Parents — Doudou enters the building while attempting to meet Babette's parents.
Location: Apartment building
Wrong Floor Reached — Doudou mistakenly goes to the wrong floor.
Location: Apartment building
Poupette Encountered — Because of the mistaken floor, Doudou meets Poupette, another young woman to be married.
Location: Poupette's residence
Second Romantic Possibility — The accidental meeting creates a second marriage possibility for Doudou.
Location: Poupette's residence
Two Proposals
Doudou proposes marriage to both young women. The overlapping commitments transform the accidental meeting into a complicated romantic entanglement.
Key Events
Second Romantic Possibility — The accidental meeting creates a second marriage possibility for Doudou.
Location: Poupette's residence
First Marriage Proposal — Doudou proposes marriage to one of the two young women.
Location: Residential interior
Second Marriage Proposal — Doudou also proposes marriage to the other young woman.
Location: Residential interior
Two Commitments Formed — Doudou's two proposals create simultaneous romantic commitments.
Location: Residential interiors
Identity Confusion Spreads — The mistaken-floor encounter causes confusion between the two households.
Location: Apartment building
The Quiproquo Crescendo
Misunderstandings spread between the two households as the two proposals collide. The comic confusion reaches its peak before resolution.
Key Events
Conflicting Expectations — The two marriage proposals generate competing expectations and misunderstandings.
Location: Residential interiors
Quiproquos Multiply — The mistaken identity situation develops into numerous comic misunderstandings.
Location: Apartment building
Romantic Entanglement Peaks — Doudou's overlapping proposals bring the romantic confusion to its highest point.
Location: Residential interiors
Comic Resolution — The film's central situation resolves through the consequences of the mistaken identities and proposals.
Location: Residential setting
Story Breakdown
Inherited Fortune — Doudou's inheritance creates both wealth and romantic complications.
Sugar Refinery Inherited — He receives the Doucin sugar refinery from his father.
Romantic Attention — His fortune attracts numerous female successes.
Search For Sincerity — Doudou tries to discover whether affection can exist without his wealth.
Doubts About Motives — He fears women value his fortune rather than his personality.
Luxury Car Abandoned — He gives up his luxurious car to appear less wealthy.
Meeting Babette — A street encounter develops into Doudou's first romantic commitment.
Street Encounter — Doudou meets Babette in the street.
Successful Seduction — He seduces Babette and goes to meet her parents.
Mistaken Floor — A simple navigational error redirects Doudou's visit toward a second romantic possibility.
Visit To Her Home — Doudou goes to Babette's residence.
Poupette Encountered — He reaches the wrong floor and meets Poupette instead.
Overlapping Proposals — Doudou asks both women to marry him, creating the central contradiction.
First Proposal — He proposes marriage to one young woman.
Second Proposal — He also proposes marriage to the other young woman.
Quiproquo Crescendo — The two proposals produce escalating misunderstandings between the households.
Conflicting Expectations — The overlapping commitments generate incompatible assumptions.
Comic Resolution — The romantic confusion reaches its peak and resolves comically.
Yes, Doudou (or, more respectfully, Edouard Doucin) is both heir to a big sugar refinery and its managing director but he is also an incorrigibly bashful bachelor, which just exasperates his aunt Agatha. Summoned to marry as soon as possible, Doudou is fortunate enough to meet Babette , an elegant young lady who wishes to introduce him to her parents. When he comes to visit them, he mistakes the floor out of nervousness. In fact,he finds himself at the Lautiers' not the Olivaros'. Now, chance has it that this couple of shopkeepers also have a marriageable daughter. And as Poupette is romantic, passionate and adorable, Doudou can't find the nerve to disappoint her. As a result the young man gets engaged...twice ! How the devil will he cope ?
