"The Electric Floor Polisher" from The Little Theater by Jean Renoir (1970) Émilie is a maniacal housewife who dreams of an electric shoe polisher. This is also the subject of many arguments with his dear and tender. Their neighbor, ambassador of the Magnétotome waxers, witness to their scandal, decides to solve the problem ... Scenes sung like an opera punctuate the film. Jean Renoir, sacred monster of French cinema, also worked for television. These three short films, close to the fable, tell the daily life of a housewife crazy about an electric shoe polisher, of homeless lovers, or that of a cuckold but understanding husband ... French society in the 1970s. Made for television, this film consists of four parts: Part One, "The Last Christmas Dinner," is about the relationship between an old man and an old woman, both homeless. Part Two, "The Electric Floor Polisher," is an opera-like story of a woman who is obsessed with polishing her floors. Part Three is a musical interlude featuring Jeanne Moreau singing "When Love Dies." Part Four, "The Virtue of Tolerance," concerns an old man, his young wife, and how they come to terms when she has an affair with a man her own age.