In 1935, in the Burgundian village of Valromey, Commissioner Desbordes was the very unpopular leader of the anti-alcoholic league. His own brother, Pimpin, is an unconditional defender of the vineyard. Pierre Moreau is, for his part, the representative of a hygienic drink, the "Koku-Kolu". The cafe owner's daughter, Rose, will find the man very to her liking and will manage to seduce him.
1940년 6월 남프랑스의 농촌 마을에 파리에서 피난오다 공습으로 부모를 잃고 죽은 강아지를 안고 헤매던 소녀 폴레트는 근처 어느 농가에 들어선다. 그곳은 전쟁과는 아무 상관이 없다는 듯 평화롭고 한적한 곳이었다. 그 농가의 아들 미셀은 고아가 된 폴레트를 불쌍하게 생각하고 자기 집으로 데려와 미셀과 함께 강아지를 묻어준 뒤 무덤에 십자가를 세워준다. 살아있는 것이 죽었을 때는 이렇게 묻어주는 것이라고 알게 된 뽈레트는 새든, 벌레든 죽은 동물을 모아 무덤을 만들고 십자가를 세워준다. 무덤은 점점 늘어가고 십자가가 더욱 많이 필요해지자 미셀은 교회 제단에 놓여진 십자가를 훔치려 하고, 거기에 그치지 않고 형의 묘지에서 뽑아온다. 그러던 어느날, 고아수용소로 데려가기 위해 적십자의 조사반이 파견나온다. 이때 아버지는 미셀과 십자가가 있는 장소를 알려주면 폴레트를 그들에게 넘기지 않겠다는 약속을 하지만, 결국 이를 어기고 폴레트는 조사반에 넘긴다. 미셀은 폴레트를 위해 아름답게 만들었던 방앗간의 묘지를 모두 망거뜨리며 울분을 터뜨린다. 한편, 전쟁 고아라는 딱지를 붙이고 혼잡한 정류장 대합실 구석에 서 있던 뽈레트는 어디선가 미셀이라고 부르는 소리를 듣고 계속 미셀과 엄마를 외치며 군중들 속으로 사라진다.
The Colombani
The beautiful Domenica makes a student believe that her husband is a Corsican bandit, while he is a teacher.
Paris at the Belle Epoque. Monsieur de Pontagnac, a perfect honest man, loves pretty women too much and that plays him many tricks. What need does he have to follow the pretty Lucienne Vatelin, home, to find himself in the presence of the husband, the notary Vatelin, who is part of his circle? From there, many characters will meet, avoid each other, find each other. Adultery, domestic scenes and reconciliation will be their lot.
Having fallen out with his girlfriend Dolorès, Juanito leaves for Mexico, where he becomes a famous matador.There he meets a Viennese singer, Fanny Miller, who falls for him so much so that she intercepts the letters Dolorès keeps on sending him. In desperation, Dolorès devotes all her time and efforts to dance and she becomes the celebrated dancer Estrellita. After a series of misunderstandings and ups and downs, the sun of Andalusia will finally reunite the two lovebirds.
Juanillo is in love with Dolores, the daughter of the owner of an inn. He likes to sing, she likes dancing. After the village festivals, where Juanillo has acted as a bullfighter and Dolores has performed, he has been hired as bullfighter for a tour in America. They exchange vows, but their letters will be intercepted.
The king orders viscount Florestan to take mademoiselle de Solanges for his wife. But the viscount doesn't know the young lady at all. The latter decides to seduce her future husband by introducing herself to him with the name Veronique...
Montmartre in the summertime. A group of street urchins idles outside while the other kids of the neighborhood are away on holiday.To keep the gang busy, Pivolo, their leader, has an idea : they are going to kidnap Aunt Faguet's doggy. Just for the fun of it. A few days pass after the crime is accomplished and one of them suddenly realizes that a reward is being offered by the aunt to anyone who would bring her her pet back. Mademoiselle Hélène, the kind-hearted social worker, does it for them and gives them the reward money, which is instantly exchanged for lollipops, nougat and merry-go-round and cinema tickets. So, why not continue? That's what they do, abducting several dogs, until they realize they are becoming ... too rich! They can't buy themselves luxurious gifts or else their parents are bound to suspect something. Instead, they decide to do good by helping poor people around them. One day, Pierrot, a member of the gang, gets run down by a cyclist and becomes blind.
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France, 1880. Francois Roquevillard is a respected lawyer in Chambery and the head of a family that prides itself on its impeccable morals. Francois's world rapidly begins to fall apart when his son Maurice elopes to Italy with Edith Frasne, the wife of an esteemed notary.
Mr. Bouton, a modest carpenter from Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, widower and father of Pinpin, a little boy, marries Mrs. Colombe, mother of Ninette, a little girl. Soon deceived and abandoned, he raises the two children alone. As an adult, Pinpin falls in love with Ninette, but she is in love with Gérard Garnier, whom she soon marries. The children gone, Bouton finds himself alone and one Christmas evening meets Mrs. Marie, a mother who raises her two children alone.
In the eyes of his wife, whom he is cheating on with an actress, Count Adrien passes himself off as the famous mask racer who has won countless car races. Chance forces him to really run and he is replaced by a drunken mechanic who wins. The mechanic uses blackmail and takes the count's place with his wife and his mistress.
