Gilberte Rivet

In the Quercy region of France, Marie-Paule Nadal inherits her father's old farm property. But times are hard and the land is not very profitable. Unscrupulous neighbors are looking for any means to recover these 30 hectares: marry Marie-Paule, offer her a meager profit... But Marie-Paule's heart is set on Pierre, a farmer to whom everything succeeds. But neither of them wants to abandon the land of their ancestors...

Michel left Marseilles to Italy when he was twenty years old. Courageous and active, he has succeeded in the construction industry. Thirty years later, his return to Marseilles, for his aunt's burial will abruptly change the life of all of his family, who was first fascinated by his social success. He is regarded as the son who made it like wonder. Michel is the only one who has emigrated. They have all remained in the home country ("le pays") and their social status has hardly changed: workmen, small employees, craftsmen, all living in a modest framework.

The painful life of a mentally unstable but highly gifted woman is unveiled in this film, based on episodes from the life of an actual person. Aloise (Delphine Seyrig) creates a series of haunting drawings while she is incarcerated in an institution for the insane in turn-of-the-century Switzerland. She endures torments as a musically gifted girl and later as a young woman; her developing madness and the barbaric treatments of the time are shown.

1944 год. Провинциальный крестьянский юноша Люсьен Лакомб решает бросить тяжелую и неблагодарную работу уборщика в больнице и податься в партизаны — маки. Но туда его брать не хотят, мотивируя это юным возрастом. Волей судьбы Люсьен попадает в гестапо, где прием ему оказывается куда более радушный…

Конюх Антонэн отправился в командировку: пешком через всю страну доставить старого списаного коня на родэо. Но на месте понял, какая судьба уготована для коняжки, его лучшему другу. Работа выполнена, конь доставлен, но не смог конюх оставить там своего старого друга на погибель - выход один - украсть коня и даровать ему свободу...