國影電影編號：M202206021

放映規格：DCP

級別：普遍級

片長：80分鐘

發音：法語

字幕：中英文

百萬法郎 Le Million

René Clair 雷內．克萊爾 | B&W | DCP | 1931 | 法語 French | 80 mins

窮困潦倒的畫家日子難過，更被累累債務逼得走投無路。此時奇蹟發生，自己竟中了彩券頭獎，這百萬法郎的獎金足以改變他的人生。然而在開心之際，下一秒鐘卻發現找不著那放有彩券的外套。原來是小偷趁人之危偷走了外套，輾轉賣到歌手手上。畫家與他的女友能找回被選作為歌手登場演出的外套改變命運呢？或是突然出現的百萬獎金真的只是南柯一夢？

雷內．克萊爾延續了默片時期《幕間節目》詼諧幽默的喜劇表演方式，你爭我奪的動作笑果十足，同時承襲於《在巴黎的屋頂下》歌舞片的創作主題，藉著劇中劇的設計，相呼應證歌劇中的男女吟唱：「遠離世界是痛苦的／我們在這裡找到真理…」。在艱困的生活與混亂的時局中，越是單純的人越要找尋自己的快樂。盡情享受舞蹈與樂曲的美好，唱唱歌、跳跳舞也要改變這個世界。

Michel, a destitute painter, discovers that he has just won a lottery worth 1 million Dutch florins. Unfortunately, the ticket is in the pocket of his coat, which he gave to his girlfriend to mend. But worse, the coat was accidentally given to a criminal hiding from the police, and he in turn, sold it to an opera singer. Can Michel recover his jacket and become a millionaire? Or is it all just a dream?

Based on a play by Georges Berr and Marcel Guillemaud, Le Million is a musical comedy brimming with eccentricity and absurdist humor. Retaining the light-hearted performances of his silent film, Entr'acte (1924), and the musical innovations of Sous Les Toits de Paris (1930), Clair develops his playful relationship between silent and sound cinema. Chaplinesque in spirit, the film was highly influential on later American musical films.