The Nice Adventure

Hoping to scare wealthy young Bernard into getting married to his longtime fiancee Georgette a phony fortuneteller is hired to inform Bernard that he is to die very soon But thanks to a case of mistaken identity the fortuneteller delivers this message to middleaged gym instructor Étienne Instead of heading towards the altar however Étienne decides to live his last few months on earth to the fullest and as a result becomes a millionaire at the gaming tables of Monte Carlo Upon learning that he isnt going to kick the bucket after all our hero pretends to be at deaths door anyway all for the purpose of patching up the rocky romance between Bernard and Georgette