Marcel Pagnol's adaptation of his own novel Manon des sources, the story of a shepherdess who exacts her revenge on the townsfolk she blames for killing her father, in two parts: Manon des sources and Ugolin.
Dardamelle does not conceal the fact that his wife has made him a cuckold.How will his fellow townspeople react?
Alain is a young student who is misunderstood and rejected by his colleagues. To forget it, he skips school and enjoys a day of freedom on the port of Marseilles, discovering cruise vessels in dry dock and the work of fishermen.
