The man who understood women (L'homme qui comprend les femmes)

Hollywood producer Willie Bauche is so obsessed with turning his wife and actress Ann Garantier into the sexiest Hollywood star that he neglects her real needs. Ann gets frustrated, feeling that he cares more for her as a vehicle for his writing and directing than as a flesh-and-blood French woman. As they go to the French Riviera to prepare their next movie, Ann is charmed by good-looking pilot Marco Ranieri she met during the Nice Carnival celebrations. Willie notices it and gest jealous, not knowing how to regain Ann’s love, lost between his wish to be the brillant producer of his favorite actress and his dream to become the best husband ever. He then hires two – shady – detectives to track the movements of a spouse who eludes him.