Valparaiso Valparaiso

Alain Cluny is Balthazar a bumbling middleaged intellectual who spouts off from time to time about leftist causes usually to his current girlfriend Then Edwarda Bernadette Lafont who is active in the political underground comes into his life From that point on he begins to act on his beliefs Edwardas underground political action group stages a little drama to test Balthazars commitment and reliability putting him through an interrogation by what appear to him to be French secret police Having passed this test he is given a real assignment This film is a comedy with elements of satire and it explores the humor to be found in leftwing pretentiousness of all kinds Rovi