Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of love affairs. Passions come back, and jealousies... A bitter film about aging, failure and the entertainment.
Old Caleb has a blind daughter who he lies to about disasters happening to keep her happy. By chance he finds his son who disappeared at sea, that the marriage of his ex-fiancée with the villainous Tackleton does not take place and that everything ends for the best in the world...
La Roussette
Tras la muerte de su padre, Virginia (Catherine Hessling) tiene que salir adelante por su cuenta. Todo el dinero que le dejó su padre se lo ha gastado en bebida su tío Jef (Pierre Lestringuez). Después del fallido intento de vivir con unos bohemios, es acogida por el señor Raynal (Georges Térof) y se enamora de su hijo Georges (Harold Levingston). Viajando en diligencia para pagar una deuda de Raynal, su tío le quita el dinero, pero Raynal sospecha de ella. Primera película de Renoir.
La rabbitzine Binnah
In a small east-european ghetto, the Jewish family is celebrating Easter. The fraternal dissonance between the Sigoulim brothers pretty accurately mirrors the strife between the two powers, one surrounding Samuel, a devoted rabbi, and the other around Moïse, a talented money lender. Moïse becomes the king of petrol and ships to London with his niece Lia. Conflict continues and leads to the violent strike by oilworkers...
