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Fates of multiple otherwise disconnected characters intertwine miraculously under the sky of Paris. And it all happens in one day.
Alain Marchal, wrongly accused of murdering his wife, escapes from prison the day before his execution. Before committing suicide, he contacts Monsieur Charles, a retired gangster, and asks him to investigate, find the real culprit and clear his name. Monsieur Charles accepts his request and along with his wife Ginette and two former accomplices, Paragraphe and Teddy Coffre fort, embarks on his counter-investigation.
Le clergyman
Obsessed with a general's woman, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own appetites.
Félix
On the day of Fadinard's wedding, his horse eats a lady's hat on a bush at the roadside, while the lady is hidden behind the bush with her lover Lieutenant Tavernier. Because she is married, she cannot return home hatless without being compromised, and Tavernier orders Fadinard to replace the hat with one exactly like it - or else he will wreck his new home. In an elaborate sequence of complications, Fadinard tries to find a hat while keeping to his marriage schedule
Marcasse
Al igual que la novela de Sand, la película tiene elementos góticos, caballerescos, melodramáticos y detectivescos. La acción transcurre antes de la Revolución Francesa y muestra el ingreso a la adultez de Bernard de Mauprat, un noble huérfano, criado por aristócratas renegados y criminales, que es salvado de la horca por su prima Edmée y por su padre, el Caballero Hubert de Mauprat. El regreso de Bernard provocará tensiones desconocidas en el seno de la familia Mauprat, a cuyos refinados modales querrá adaptarse sólo para ganar el corazón de su prima Edmée (prometida del Caballero de La Marche) después de haber ganado ya su promesa de fidelidad bajo una cierta amenaza de violación. (Fuente: Wikipedia) (FILMAFFINITY)
Bertrand
Following a 19th-century play penned by Benjamin Antier, the figure of Robert Macaire, bandit and rogue, enjoyed popularity in several contexts. One of the most detailed treatments may be found in Epstein’s LES AVENTURES DE ROBERT MACAIRE, which he executed in five interrelated episodes.
