A few colorful characters, with very different social origins and whose destinies are not always glorious, will parade before our eyes, for our greatest pleasure. Turning among characters such as : an alcoholic bum, a rich banker, an eccentric old lady, a working class girl, a poor lover, and a hypocritical bourgeois.
In this musical comedy, all the heirs of a recently deceased uncle must stay in his chateau until they find a buyer for it.If no one is found or if any of them leave, the place will be left to its Chinese servants, who devise tricks to cheat the heirs.
A painter short of the readies becomes famous overnight and he and his mate (and model) move into a luxury house. But the man falls for a princess, leaving his partner crying.
A young Corsican is obliged by a tradition of vendetta for his late father, to kill the uncle of a girl he loves, because that man was the murderer. His search for vengeance leads to being pursued by the police and a tragic fate.
1920년대 파리의 금융가, 은행가 사카르는 숙적 군데르만 때문에 궁지에 몰린다. 사카르는 증자를 시도하고, 은행의 주가를 올리기 위해 인기 비행사 아믈랭을 끌어들여 남미에서의 석유 시추 사업을 추진한다. 군데르만은 사카르의 계획을 반대하지만, 훗날 무기로 쓸 요량으로 사카르의 주식을 몰래 사둔다. 한편, 아믈랭이 비행을 떠난 사이, 사카르는 그의 아내 린을 유혹하려 한다. 에밀 졸라가 쓴 동명소설을 각색하였으며, 정점에 이른 레르비에의 역량을 볼 수 있다. 웅장한 세트를 누비는 화려한 카메라워크는 지금 보아도 탄복하지 않을 수 없다. 디지털 복원판 상영. (2017 영화의 전당 - [시네마테크] 마지막 침묵: 1928년의 기적, 위대한 무성영화의 기억)
As Jean is walking across the countryside in search of work, he helps and befriends a young woman, Françoise, who is having trouble controlling the cow that she is leading. Jean finds work at a local farm, but he soon finds himself caught in the middle of the conflicts in Françoise's family.
