ridiculous rating

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Blistering performances.

Jean-Pierre Aumont was the Jeune Premier (romantic male young lead) of the thirties ,at a time the young actors were not necessarily at the top of the bill;most of the great works of that era featured experimented actors such as Harry Baur,Louis Jouvet,Michel Simon,Erich Von Stroheim (here present in a supporting part)...even Jean Gabin was in his thirties when he hit the big time in Julien Duvivier's films.It was not surprising Aumont was eclipsed by Louis Jouvet in "Hotel du Nord" (as his co-star Annabella was by Arletty).Jean-Pierre Aumont portrays a lifeguard in "ladies lake".All the girls around are crazy about him.But he is a naive engineer on the dole who has given the plans of his invention to a shady man.And he's been waiting for his answer for one year.In the meanwhile,he falls in love with a rich man's daughter (Michel Simon/Rosine Derean);but across the lake,there lives a young girl (Simone Simon ,the future star of "La Bete Humaine" and "Cat people" );and in the hotel where he works,another one ,a blonde who appears topless in a bed-for that matter the film was ahead of its time;one wonders why the censorship did not ban it.The screenplay is not very satisfying,but the cinematography is pleasant with nice shots of the ladies lake.