Cuando Francois, un periodista, recorre una gran tienda por un artículo, es elegido por el hijo del dueño del periódico, Rambal-Cochet, como su nuevo juguete. Al necesitar dinero y no querer renunciar a su trabajo, Francois acepta esta ridícula tarea. Poco a poco se hace amigo del niño mimado, lo induce a jugar a hacer un periódico, desvelando públicamente el estilo de vida tiránico del padre. El poderoso clímax emocional que experimentamos con el niño asombra a ambos hombres.
Jean-Joachim Goriot, a merchant who got rich during the Revolution, is obsessed with the love of his two daughters, whose social promotion he wants. He endows them richly, ruins himself to pay their debts, but Delphine and Anastasie do not return his affection and abandon him at the time of his death to run to a big ball.
In Lourdes, in the 1860s, the young Bernadette disturbs despite herself the peaceful life of the small town. She is the only one to see the apparition of The Lady, every day. The villagers take sides, the notables try to stifle the affair. But crowds come from all over the country. Inspired by the true story of the Lourdes affair.
