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Jacques Herbelin is the faithful husband of Louise and the proud father of Cécile, a kind little girl. But Louise does not reciprocate her husband's affection and prefers to cheat on him in the arms of Marquis de Condottier. The latter is a sinister character who, not satisfied with being Herbelin's wife's lover, sets his heart on their daughter, who has now become a pretty young lady. Jacques can't take it anymore.
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Toine, the local hunchback, works at the tile manufacturing plant, but during the summer, he gives a hand to Micoulin, the farmer, thereby being able to spend more time close to Nais, Micoulin's daughter. That summer, the estate owner's son, Frederic Rostaing, decides to rest on the farm during his vacation from Law school. But his real motives are to seduce young Nais, whom he knows from their childhood days, after having seen her in town. Who will win the power struggle between the possessive father, the naive daughter, the vile student and the golden-hearted cripple?
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O último habitante de um vilarejo abandonado é salvo de se afogar por um amolador de facas itinerante e sua funcionária oprimida. Ele e a moça se apaixonam e passam a trabalhar arduamente para revitalizar o lugar.
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Panisse está morrendo, alegremente, com amigos, esposa e filho a seu lado. Ele se confessa ao padre e insiste que o médico seja honesto sobre sua condição. Mas, ele não pode ir sem dizer ao filho Cesariot que seu verdadeiro pai é Marius, o filho ausente de César, o padrinho de Cesariot.
