Based on the novel of the same name by writer Edouard Peisson, this Jean Delannoy film display one boy’s unconditional love for his mother, despite her tragic mistreatment of him. After being raised by a shepherd for the past 12 years, Simon (Pierre-Michel Beck) is reunited with his mother Marie (Madeleine Robinson). Marie is a prostitute in Marseilles and is now stable enough to welcome Simon back into her life. Unaware of her profession at first, Simon is happy to have his mom back, but in time he learns how she makes her living. This troubles Simon but he continues to love her, despite not loving her chosen profession. His anger toward this issue gets directed toward Marie’s louse of a boyfriend, Paul (Frank Villard), and the result is a heartfelt tale about love and family.
Enrico La Barbera
In the village of Viggiù, the firemen organize various skits and performances in their theater, inviting all the celebrities known at that time.
Fouque
On the very day of his wedding, Valentin Le Barroyer sees the one he was to marry fly away. Hélène has always loved her cousin André, to the great displeasure of her aunt who had combined the failed marriage. The two lovers take refuge in the Dordogne at the home of Hélène's grandmother who believes them to be really husband and wife. Valentin finds the young couple too late, he only has to console himself with a friend of Hélène's.
Un chef marseillais
인민전선 하에서 노동총연맹의 의뢰로 만들어진 작품. 프랑스 혁명 당시 500명의 지원병으로 구성된 마르세이유 군대가 마르세이유에서 파리까지 이동하는 과정을 그리고 있다. 중심적인 주인공 없이, 지원병, 왕족, 귀족, 군대, 프랑스 국민을 대표하는 인물들이 등장하여 각기 고귀하고 인간적인 모습을 보여준다. 르누아르는 이 영화가 자신에게 인민전선의 의기양양한 기운을 호흡하게 해 주었으며, 프랑스인들이 다시 태어난 것 같은 느낌을 가졌다고 말했다. 프린트가 유실되었다가 모스크바에서 온전한 필름을 찾음으로써 가까스로 복원될 수 있었던 각별한 사연을 가진 작품
