The Bobo

Unsuccessful Juan Batista (Peter Sellers) arrives in Barcelona to seek fame and fortune, when he meets a theatre impresario and begs him for a chance to perform. He is given a chance to sing if he can seduce in 3 days the most beautiful woman in Barcelona, Olimpia (Britt Ekland), a shrewd and merciless seductress who effortlessly collects apartments and sports-cars while leaving a trail of broken-hearted suitors behind her. Juan accepts the challenge with gusto by pretending to be the emissary of a rich Count.

Peter Sellers’ performance is one of the most charming and touching of his career as the viewer is entranced by his most unusual courtship until he finally wins her over. Made just one year before ‘The Party’, the combination of Sellers and Ekland on screen together is intoxicatingly romantic and electric.