Monsieur

When his wife is killed in a car accident, wealthy banker René Duchesne decides to drown himself in the Seine. He changes his mind at the last moment when his former housemaid Suzanne (who now works as a prostitute) informs him that his wife was having an affair. Instead of killing himself, René opts instead to start a new life, creating a new identity for himself. First he teams up with a group of crooks to raid the safe in his family home, thereby depriving his greedy in-laws of his wealth. Then, he engages himself as valet to a family of nouveaux riches, with Suzanne, now his adopted daughter, working as a chambermaid. René soon discovers that the life of a domestic servant is far more demanding than that of a banker… —Filmsdefrance.com