La grand-mère
The farmer
In Bourganeuf, an old maid, Charlotte Bourdier, confesses to Marie Chassagne that she has forged a sentimental intrigue by correspondence with the presenter of the Radio Circus, Zappy Max. Marie agrees to meet him when he comes, but she in turn falls in love with him, who confesses his love to her.
Midwife
François wants to buy a house to help underprivileged children. He lacks money, but a generous donor allows him to realize this dream.
La mère d'Agnès
부친도 없고 모친은 알콜중독에 문맹인 집안에서 자란 르네 르겡(마르셀 물루지 분)은 미래가 전혀없는 청년, 전쟁으로 인해 도시 생활은 피폐해지고 물물교환으로 그날의 먹거리를 구하는 시절, 그는 매춘녀가 된 누이를 죽인 독일군의 시체를 돈 받고 치워 주다가 레지스탕스인 인쇄업자 소티에(프랑수아 주 분)를 만나게 된 것이다. 빈?터리에 무식한 르네는 아무 의식없이 레지스탕에 가입하고 먹을 것과 술만 제공해 주면 임무대로 독일군이든 배신자들이든 모두 쏴 죽인다. 전쟁이 끝나고도 아무 죄의식 없이 살인을 한 르네는 경찰에 체포되고 사형수로 복역한다. 그는 아내 독살혐의를 받고 있는 의사 뒤투와(앙투완 벨페레 분)와 코르시카섬 출신으로 친구와 싸우다 살인을 저지른 지노(레몽 펠그렝 분)와 함께 감옥생활을 시작한다, 첫 번호를 받게된 신참내기 변호사인 아르노(클로드 레뒤 분)는 사형판결로부터 르겡을 구해내기 위해 열심히 변호를 한다. 르겡은 대통령에게 탄원서를 보내기 위해 감옥에서 처음으로 글을 배우며 희망을 품자 다른 사형수들이 하나둘씩 단두대로 끌려가는 광경을 보며 서서히 절망하게 된다. 지노와 의사 뒤투와가 차례로 사형 당하고 혼자 남은 르겡의 방은 또 다른 사형수들로 채워진다. 사형당할 때는 언제나 밤중에 갑자기 발걸음 소리도 죽인 채로 간수들이 들이닥치고 사전 통보도 없이 아무런 죽음에 대한 준비도 하지 못한 채 손발을 묶이고 끌려간다. 머지않아 죽음을 예견하는 르겡은 그 동안 보살펴 주지도 못했던 어린 동생 미셀(조르주 푸줄리 분)을 부탁하고 아르노는 부친에게 미셀을 데려간다.
A mother
In order to please Martineau, a wealthy industrialist, cynical Gabory accepts to organize a rigged beauty contest whose winner will be Françoise, Martineau's young mistress. However, there are other comely contestants among whom Christiane, the daughter of a general, Jackie, an unemployed actress, Colette, the daughter of a distiller and Marie, a secretary engaged to serious-minded construction foreman Robert. So, will things turn out exactly the way Martineau and Gabory want them...?
Madame Bonlieu
Endive-Meunier, a prosperous silk dealer from Lyon has an affair with his secretary he tries hard to keep secret. One day, he nevertheless accepts to accompany her to the seaside resort of Coeur-sur-Mer. Unfortunately for him, once there, he finds himself in the presence of Claudius Paquito, the popular barman of a fashionable club. The trouble is that the man is no other than one of his former employees he once fired for insolence...
A man, after a fight, believes he has killed his cousin, and hides the body. The dead man had only passed out, but when he regained consciousness, he became amnesiac. When she sees him again, the woman who loved him takes him for a ghost.
Angelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the pretty daughter of a fallen fascist magistrate, are chosen to be the stand-ins for the stars of a film version of "Romeo and Juliet" being shot on location in Venice and Verona. It is not long before they fall in love and their romance parallels that of Shakespeare's timeless heroes. Indeed their union is threatened by the schemings of Raffaele, the Maglia family's dubious tout...
A guest of Mousette
Maurice loves Juliet and Michael loves Lily. Romance blossoms on the hill. They are workers, artisans, and Lily has a real talent as a singer. But Claude's arrival brings trouble to their relationships. Maurice, jealous, approaches Lily. Singing in the streets, Lily quickly becomes a cabaret star.
A girl
Based on true facts, a news item which was widely talked about in the nineteenth century, this is the story of a wife who might have poisoned her husband .
During the Rif War, a lieutenant commands a torpedo boat. He finds in an abandoned yacht, a beautiful portrait of a woman, and soon meets this one who is married to a brutal and jealous baron.
A young girl has left her family and lives as best she can on the generosity of her lovers. A naval officer introduces her to Toulon in a special environment which provides companions to sailors on leave. After some setbacks, she finds love and protection with a doctor who marries her.
The imprisoned actress
The tribulations of a banknote, from its exit from a counter to its destruction, passing through dozens of hands.
Militis, a sailor, returns to a bar where he finds Sarah, the girl he once loved and is still attracted to. However, he is now married to an exotic woman who took care of him during an illness.
