# Un cœur pris au piège (1941)

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**Original title**: *The Lady Eve*
**Runtime**: 97 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Romance
**Directed by**: Preston Sturges
**Written by**: Preston Sturges, Monckton Hoffe
**Starring**: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest, Eric Blore

> *When you deal a fast shuffle, love is in the cards.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Wealthy misanthropes rarely see con artists coming. A scheming grifter talks her way into a heir’s wallet and then, inconveniently, his heart. After he dumps her, she reinvents herself—just to watch him fall again.

**Mood tags**: playful

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