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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: In the end, Claude Chavasse says that Ariane and Frank were married by a judge in Cannes, a city on the French Riviera. In France, civil weddings are performed by the mayor or one of his deputies, but not by judges.

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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: In the end, Claude Chavasse says that Ariane and Frank were married by a judge in Cannes, a city on the French Riviera. In France, civil weddings ceremonies are performed by the mayor or one of his deputies, but not by judges.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: In the end, Claude Chavasse says that Ariane and Frank were married by a judge in Cannes, a city on the French Riviera. In France, civil weddings are performed by the mayor or one of his deputies, but not by judges.
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->'''A police officer''': Now really, Madame, if we were to assign a policeman to every one of these situations [he means clandestine love affairs in hotels]... No, Madame, it just staggers the imagination. It would take more than the entire Paris police force. It would take the fire department, the sanitation department and possibly the Boy Scouts. Certainly, we don't want young boys in short pants involved in situations like this.

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->'''A -->'''A police officer''': Now really, Madame, if we were to assign a policeman to every one of these situations [he means clandestine love affairs in hotels]... No, Madame, it just staggers the imagination. It would take more than the entire Paris police force. It would take the fire department, the sanitation department and possibly the Boy Scouts. Certainly, we don't want young boys in short pants involved in situations like this.
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* MadonnaWhoreComplex: Frank is interested in Ariane only because she claims to be a whore, but he finally proposes to her only because he hears that she is actually a madonna (he is her first and only lover and she has waited for him during the year he spent womanizing around the world).
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Ariane falls for Frank, even if she knows that he is a womanizer.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Ariane falls for Frank, even if she knows that he is a womanizer. Her father calls Frank "very objectionable and quite immoral and utterly no good."

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Ariane falls for Frank, even if she knows that he is a womanizer.


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* TheGentlemanOrTheScoundrel: Michel is the gentleman. He is an honest young man who selflessly helps Ariane. Frank is the scoundrel who seduces many women. Ariane falls for the scoundrel.


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* LoveTriangle: Michel courts Ariane, but she ignores him, while she falls in love with Frank. She finally marries Frank.


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* UptownGirl: Frank Flannagan is an American millionaire, while Ariane is the daughter of a French private detective who lives in a small flat.

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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Flannagan represents everything that Mr. Chavasse despises. Chavasse says that Flannagan is very objectionable and quite immoral and utterly no good. This does not stop Ariane from being attracted to him.


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* ParentPreferredSuitor: Mr. Chavasse investigated the case of Michel, Ariane's suitor, and came to the conclusion that he is a good match, but Ariane ignores his courtship.

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* DanceOfRomance: {{Invoked|Trope}} by Frank. In order to seduce the many women he invites in his suite, he hires a band and invites them to dance to the music.

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* CrazyJealousGuy: The cuckolded husband wants to kill Flannagan when he hears that his wife spends her evenings in Flannagan's suite.
* DanceOfRomance: {{Invoked|Trope}} by Frank. In order to seduce the many women he invites in his suite, he hires a band and invites them to dance to the music.music with him.


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* MurderTheHypotenuse: The cuckolded husband plans to shoot Flannagan. {{Subverted|Trope}} because he changes his mind when he finds Ariane instead of his wife in Flannagan's suite.

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* DanceOfRomance: {{Invoked|Trope}} by Frank. In order to seduce the many women he invites in his suite, he hires a band and invites them to dance to the music.



* OperationJealousy: Ariane claims to have many lovers to get Frank's attention. She says that Franks considers himself immune to love, but has a weak point: he can be jealous.



** Ariane pretends to have many lovers to get Frank's attention.

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** Ariane pretends claims to have many lovers to get Frank's attention.



* SandInMyEyes: In the train station, a deeply moved Ariane pretends to have soot in her eyes when Frank is about to leave.

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* SandInMyEyes: In the train station, a deeply moved Ariane pretends claims to have soot in her eyes when Frank is about to leave.

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Femme Fatale is dangerous. Ariane does not pretend to be dangerous. Really Gets Around is more appropriate.


* FemmeFatale: Ariane pretends to be one to get Frank's attention.



* OldFashionedRowboatDate: Frank and Ariane have a date on a rowboat, but the trope is [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] by the fact that Ariane uses this meeting to tell Frank about her many (but imaginary) lovers.



* ReallyGetsAround: Frank Flannagan.

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* ReallyGetsAround: ReallyGetsAround:
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Frank Flannagan. Flannagan has many relationships with many women in many cities in many countries.
** Ariane pretends to have many lovers to get Frank's attention.


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* SandInMyEyes: In the train station, a deeply moved Ariane pretends to have soot in her eyes when Frank is about to leave.

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-->-- '''Opening narration'''

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-->-- '''Opening narration'''
'''Claude Chavasse'''



* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Mr. Chavasse doesn't let Ariane read his case files, which are full of illicit love affairs, and has a full dossier on Michel, her hopeless suitor. He is initially opposed to her relationship with Flannagan and tries to persuade her lover to break up. Finally {{Subverted|Trope}}, because when Flannagan proposes to her he seems to be happy about it.

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* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Mr. Chavasse doesn't let Ariane read his case files, which are full of illicit love affairs, and has a full dossier on Michel, her hopeless suitor. He is initially opposed to her relationship with Flannagan and tries to persuade her lover him to break up. Finally {{Subverted|Trope}}, because when Flannagan proposes to her he seems to be happy about it.



* HappilyEverAfter: The film ends when Flannagan proposes to Ariane.

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* HappilyEverAfter: The film ends when Flannagan proposes to Ariane.Ariane and the closing monologue says that they are now married and live in New York.


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* OpeningMonologue: It explains that in Paris people make love often and everywhere. The closing monologue tells that Ariane and Frank are now married. They are delivered by Claude Chavasse, Ariane's father.
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->'''"This is the city. Paris, France. It is just like any other big city, London, New York, Tokyo, except for two little things. In Paris, people eat better and in Paris people make love, well, perhaps not better, but certainly more often. They do it any time, any place."''
-->-- '''Opening narration'''

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* PrettyInMink: Ariane borrows an ermine coat as part of her first seduction of Frank. The coat was a gift a rich man planned to give [[TheMistress his mistress]], then his wife after the reconciled, and then his mistress again when he saw his wife wearing an apparent trinket from an affair.

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* PrettyInMink: PrettyInMink:
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Ariane borrows an ermine coat as part of her first seduction of Frank. The coat was a gift a rich man planned to give [[TheMistress his mistress]], then his wife after the reconciled, and then his mistress again when he saw his wife wearing an apparent trinket from an affair.



* ShoutOut: At the opera, Frank and Ariane attend of performance of ''[[Theatre/TristanUndIsoldeWagner Tristan und Isolde]]'', an opera in which infidelity plays an important role.

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* ShoutOut: At the opera, Frank and Ariane attend of a performance of ''[[Theatre/TristanUndIsoldeWagner Tristan und Isolde]]'', an opera in which infidelity plays an important role.
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* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Mr. Chavasse doesn't let Ariane read his case files, which are full of illicit love affairs, and has a full dossier on Michel, her hopeless suitor. He is initially opposed to her relationship with Flannagan and tries to convince her lover to break up. Finally {{Subverted|Trope}}, because when Flannagan proposes to her he seems to be happy about it.

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* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Mr. Chavasse doesn't let Ariane read his case files, which are full of illicit love affairs, and has a full dossier on Michel, her hopeless suitor. He is initially opposed to her relationship with Flannagan and tries to convince persuade her lover to break up. Finally {{Subverted|Trope}}, because when Flannagan proposes to her he seems to be happy about it.

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* RunningGag: With the lady and her dog in the neighboring hotel room.

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* RunningGag: With the lady and her barking dog in the neighboring hotel room.



* ShoutOut: At the opera, Frank and Ariane attend of performance of ''Theatre/TristanUndIsoldeWagner'', an opera in which infidelity plays an important role.

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* ShoutOut: At the opera, Frank and Ariane attend of performance of ''Theatre/TristanUndIsoldeWagner'', ''[[Theatre/TristanUndIsoldeWagner Tristan und Isolde]]'', an opera in which infidelity plays an important role.role.
* SlipperySlopeFallacy: PlayedForLaughs when a police officer delivers this line:
->'''A police officer''': Now really, Madame, if we were to assign a policeman to every one of these situations [he means clandestine love affairs in hotels]... No, Madame, it just staggers the imagination. It would take more than the entire Paris police force. It would take the fire department, the sanitation department and possibly the Boy Scouts. Certainly, we don't want young boys in short pants involved in situations like this.

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* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Mr. Chavasse doesn't let Ariane read his case files, which are full of illicit love affairs, and has a full dossier on Michel, her hopeless suitor. He is initially opposed to her relationship with Flannagan and tries to convince her lover to break up. Finally {{Subverted|Trope}}, because when Flannagan proposes to her he seems to be happy about it.



* ContrivedCoincidence:
** One year after their first encounter, Frank and Ariane meet by chance at the opera.
** Frank encounters the cuckolded husband who wanted to kill him by chance in a hammam. This guy recommends Ariane's father as a detective for Frank.



* HappilyEverAfter: The film ends when Flannagan proposes to Ariane.



* OverprotectiveDad: Mr. Chavasse doesn't let Ariane read his case files and has a full dossier on Michel, though he is quite level headed when comes to confronting Flannagan.


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* ShoutOut: At the opera, Frank and Ariane attend of performance of ''Theatre/TristanUndIsoldeWagner'', an opera in which infidelity plays an important role.
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this is not a sauna, but a hammam or Turkish bath


* DiegeticSwitch: The waltz "Fascination" is used as a motif for Frank and Ariane, both playing over the soundtrack and sung/played InUniverse. In one scene the music seems to be playing over the soundtrack while Frank's in the sauna, only for the camera to turn and reveal that Frank's musicians have actually followed him into the shower, and are playing, while soaking wet.

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* DiegeticSwitch: The waltz "Fascination" is used as a motif for Frank and Ariane, both playing over the soundtrack and sung/played InUniverse. In one scene the music seems to be playing over the soundtrack while Frank's in the sauna, hammam, only for the camera to turn and reveal that Frank's musicians have actually followed him into the shower, and are playing, while soaking wet.
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* TheyDo: Frank and Ariane are HappilyMarried at the end, as Ariane's father narrates.
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''Love in the Afternoon'' is a 1957 RomanticComedy film adapted from the 1920 novel ''Ariane, jeune fille russe'' by Claude Anet, directed by Creator/BillyWilder and starring Creator/GaryCooper, Creator/AudreyHepburn and Creator/MauriceChevalier.

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''Love in the Afternoon'' is a 1957 RomanticComedy film [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted from from]] the 1920 novel ''Ariane, jeune fille russe'' by Claude Anet, directed by Creator/BillyWilder and starring Creator/GaryCooper, Creator/AudreyHepburn and Creator/MauriceChevalier.
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* ChekhovsGunman: The cuckolded husband who features in the opening scenes and winds up causing Frank and Ariane to meet then disappears from the movie, until towards the end, when he pops pu again and recommends Ariane's father Claude as a detective for Frank.

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* ChekhovsGunman: The cuckolded husband who features in the opening scenes and winds up causing Frank and Ariane to meet then disappears from the movie, until towards the end, when he pops pu up again and recommends Ariane's father Claude as a detective for Frank.
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''Love in the Afternoon'' is a 1957 RomanticComedy film directed by Creator/BillyWilder, starring Creator/GaryCooper, Creator/AudreyHepburn and Creator/MauriceChevalier. It is an adaptation of the 1920 novel ''Ariane, jeune fille russe'' by Claude Anet.

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''Love in the Afternoon'' is a 1957 RomanticComedy film directed by Creator/BillyWilder, starring Creator/GaryCooper, Creator/AudreyHepburn and Creator/MauriceChevalier. It is an adaptation of adapted from the 1920 novel ''Ariane, jeune fille russe'' by Claude Anet.
Anet, directed by Creator/BillyWilder and starring Creator/GaryCooper, Creator/AudreyHepburn and Creator/MauriceChevalier.
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''Love in the Afternoon'' is a 1957 RomanticComedy film starring Creator/GaryCooper, Creator/AudreyHepburn and Creator/MauriceChevalier, directed by Creator/BillyWilder and based on a novel by Claude Anet.

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''Love in the Afternoon'' is a 1957 RomanticComedy film directed by Creator/BillyWilder, starring Creator/GaryCooper, Creator/AudreyHepburn and Creator/MauriceChevalier, directed by Creator/BillyWilder and based on a Creator/MauriceChevalier. It is an adaptation of the 1920 novel ''Ariane, jeune fille russe'' by Claude Anet.


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Not to be confused with the [[Film/ChloeInTheAfternoon last of Éric Rohmer's]] Film/SixMoralTales.

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Not to be confused with the [[Film/ChloeInTheAfternoon last of Éric Rohmer's]] Film/SixMoralTales.''Film/SixMoralTales''.

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