Young Remi, a foundling, lives on the farm run by his impoverished foster parents. When their money runs out, unbeknown to his foster-mother, Rémi is sold by his hard-hearted foster father to an old street performer named Vitalis. Vitalis was once a famous opera singer, but became destitute after a tragic love affair.
While the Nazis occupied most of France, Jacques (Vincent Perez) has been active in the liberation underground. Now that the Allies have freed a significant portion of their country from German control, he and his buddy Michel (Matthieu Roze) can join the Free French army and fight with them to help bring about the downfall of the German empire. Both of them are quite young men, and their first love turns out to be the same woman, a lovely nurse named Christiane (Geraldine Pailhas). Michel woos her first, and she becomes pregnant by him. However, she is much more interested in Jacques, even though she is considering marrying an American solely for practical reasons.
É uma continuação e peça complementar do filme A Glória de Meu Pai (1990), ambas baseadas nas lembranças de infância de Marcel Pagnol. Como seu antecessor, o filme explora as aventuras do jovem Marcel durante seus verões na casa de verão da família em Provence.
A vida de um garoto na França da virada do século. Marcel, testemunha o sucesso de seu pai professor, bem como o sucesso de seu arrogante tio Jules. Marcel e sua família passam as férias de verão em uma cabana na Provença, e Marcel faz amizade com um garoto local que lhe ensina os segredos das colinas na Provença.
