Overview
This is the story of a wealthy bourgeois who marries his only child, a daughter, to a penniless nobleman because he hopes to use his son-in-law to get a title. The son-in-law is a lazy, affected stereotype; but M. Poirier is also a stereotype, of the obnoxious big businessman. The poor daughter, who falls in love with her husband, lets him walk all over her.
Director and cast
- Marcel Pagnol Director
- Léon Bernard as Monsieur Poirier
- Annie Ducaux as Antoinette
- Jean Debucourt as Gaston de Presles
- Maurice Escande as Hector de Montmeyran
- Fernand Charpin as Verdelet
- Raoul Marco as le premier créancier
- Albert Gercourt as le deuxième créancier
- Henry Darbray Cast
- Michel Kovachevitch Cast
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