Released:
1934-02-16

Overview:
Jofroi sells his orchard to Alphonse. Alphonse wants to use the land for crops, so he starts to cut down the trees. Jofroi is furious: how can someone cut down those trees? He threatens to commit suicide so that the small town will blame Alphonse and Alphonse’s life will be miserable. Alphonse, the curate, the teacher, and some of the townsfolk spend the rest of the movie trying to keep Jofroi from committing suicide…

Director:
Marcel Pagnol

Runtime:
0h 48min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Vincent Scotto
  as
  Jofroi
• 
  Henri Poupon
  as
  Fonse Durbec
• 
  Annie Toinon
  as
  Barbe
• 
  Odette Roger
  as
  Marie
• 
  Charles Blavette
  as
  Tonin