Henri Dutilleux

간신히 서품을 받은 도니상 신부가 프랑스 북부의 어느 교구에 부제로 부임한다. 주임 사제 므누-스그레 신부는 마음의 평화를 찾지 못하는 도니상 신부에게 신경을 쓴다. 도니상 신부는 신심만큼 의구심 또한 깊어 신의 뜻을 충실히 받아들이지 못하고 스스로를 고통 속으로 내몬다. 그렇게 쇠약해져 있던 도니상 신부 앞에 인간의 탈을 쓴 사탄이 나타나고, 신부에게 영혼을 볼 수 있는 능력을 준다. 마을 유지의 딸 무셰트를 만난 도니상 신부는 그녀가 살인을 저질렀음을 알게 된다. 로베르 브레송의 의 원작을 쓴 조르주 베르나노스의 동명 소설을 영화화했다. 선과 악의 대립 속에서 고뇌하는 인간의 의지를 그리고 있다.

Marie, a young doctor, settles down on the Ouessant Island. She will be able to win the diffidence of the local population but she will have to fight for her independence after falling in love with an italian engineer.

Julien Couturier (Bernard Blier) and his wife Louise (Blanchette Brunoy), a young couple from Auvergne who have come to Paris to try their luck for the first time in their lives, become the owners of the "Café du Cadran" ("Clockface Cafe"). On opening day, they meet the people who will become their clientele. It's a busy place, with regular customers served by two waiters, Jules (Robert Le Fort) and Victor (Charles Vissières). While Julien is comfortable in his role as boss, Louise doesn't quite get used to this urban world, where everything moves faster, especially human feelings. She often misses Marcenait, the village in Auvergne where she and her husband ran the "Café du Commerce". Mr. Luigi (Aimé Clariond), a café customer and violinist who performs at the "Café de Paris", has undertaken Louise's cultural education. He teaches her how to dress and do her hair, while recounting his musical successes and travels, skilfully playing on his undeniable seductiveness...

A traveller is stuck in an unknown town because his connecting train will only arrive in six hours. He decides to kill time by taking a stroll. He is not prepared to get confused with somebody else. In fact the citizens are eagerly awaiting the visit of a famous man and the clueless traveller is his doppelgänger. Soon he experiences what that means.

Pursued by the police, Saget usurps the identity of a man who was returning to his town after having made his fortune in the United States. Under this new name, he deceives his compatriots with the exception of a doctor and the savage Isabelle. During an explanation Saget understands that Isabelle secretly admires him. She denounces him and Saget surrenders without a fight. Thus he ruins all his prestige with the young Amazon.