This is a subject which strongly recalls Marcel Pagnol's works such as the Cesar/Marius/Fanny trilogy and mainly "Angèle" ;the only difference is that the girl is,although seduced and abandoned ,not pregnant ,perhaps because of the occupation days and the Vichy moral.The Part of the priest -not present in atheist Pagnol's works-is important :not only he comforts poor Auguste ,but he also shows the straight and narrow to Mireille : "you were born to marry and to raise children" ;this moral blames the rich buck whose parents are nothing but parvenus (outstarts) and who has a wild time in the dangerous city of Marseille with hussies.
Fernandel is touching as a nice fisherman who grows a rare flower and "does know what it is to love " ,should we believe the girl who is as selfish as she is naive and mindless.When she breaks the flowerpot ,the impatient girl hardly apologizes.
A song (about the Lucky star of the title) is featured,not performed by Fernandel.
