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Spoiler-free premise
Two sophisticated thieves fall in love and target a wealthy perfume executive in Paris.
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Master thieves Gaston Monescu and Lily recognize each other while posing as aristocrats in Venice, then target Paris perfume executive Mariette Colet. Gaston becomes her secretary, placing the theft and his partnership with Lily under romantic pressure.
Why it belongs
Trouble in Paradise makes theft and desire indistinguishable through elegant ellipsis, double meanings, mirrored sophistication, and a triangle where everyone understands performance.
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Herbert Marshall, Miriam Hopkins, and Kay Francis play deception as cultivated intimacy. Clocks, handbags, perfume bottles, staircases, bedroom doors, offscreen implication, and fluid dialogue frame property as flirtation.
Major award wins
No verified wins in this six-institution crosswalk.
Awards are reference metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
Good for
Film Club
Descriptive guidance derived from rating, genre, runtime, mood, and GCML scores.
Institutional reference ranks
Sight & Sound136IMDb Top 250—AFI 100—
Reference metadata only · not part of the 40/40/20 score
Great Cinema Master List scores
Greatness9.2
Engagement7.2
Ease8.2
English · Not Rated Narrative Feature Mood: Funny & Lively
