Jean-Pierre Muller (Jean-Claude Brialy), un professeur d'université, à l'apogée de sa carrière pour tout le monde. Jean-Pierre est un homme marié, discret, modeste, aux mœurs irréprochables. La vérité c'est qu'il ne s'est jamais résolu à avouer son homosexualité à son entourage et qu'il coule le parfait amour avec Armando (Antonio Interlandi). Pour faire plaisir à sa défunte mère, il a même fait un mariage blanc avec Alice (Sabine Haudepin). Lorsque Jean-Pierre apprend qu'il est contraint de devenir le tuteur d'Antoine (Julien Bravo), il court se plaindre au juge, qui en réponse lui propose l'aide d'une assistante sociale ! Menacé par la visite surprise de cette assistante sociale, craignant qu'elle ne découvre l'étendue de sa double vie, Jean-Pierre décide de demander service à Alice: qu'elle vienne s'installer chez lui le temps que tout cela se tasse ! A l'appartement, Ana, la fidèle bonne a du mal à gérer: une femme à la maison (Alice), un adolescent qui pointe son nez (Antoine), un amant caché furieux (Armando) et un Jean-Pierre contrarié. Avec tout cela, Jean-Pierre a aussi du mal à gérer...
Jean-Pierre Muller (Jean-Claude Brialy), a University professor who is in the height of his career is a married, discreet, modest man of practically good but blameless morals. The truth is at his late age, he has never publicly confessed about his homosexuality, not even to his closest circle. His lover Armando begs him to just be himself and to stop making pretension so that they could always be happy. In fact he even got into an "arranged marriage" with immigration-troubled Alice just to please his late mother. When Jean-Pierre learns that he is forced to become the guardian of Antoine (Julien Bravo), he made a petition to the judge who says that the case would be investigated by a social welfare and will take about three months. Threatened by any surprised visits and fearing that his double life will be out in the open, Jean-Pierre decides to ask Alice for help - to pretend that they are happily married. When Alice moves in, Ana (Elena Noverraz) the Housekeeper finds it so difficult to manage the presence of the new inhabitants of the house but she is happy for Jean-Pierre, the man she highly respects and would always be happy to work for...
LE HASARD FAIT BIEN LES CHOSES (AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, its English title) is a Swiss film originally made for TV. It is one package of comic and heart-warming moments that will suit both gays and straights with a wonderful message about love and acceptance.
(In FRENCH with ENGLISH subtitles)
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