In the 30s, a small village in the Provence is losing its inhabitants because young people prefer to go to the city to find easy jobs and escape from being farmers living in relative poverty. Only a few old people and the poacher Panturle remain. Panturle dreams of bringing the village back to life, finding a wife, founding a family and work as a farmer. One day, the village is visited by a traveling knife-grinder, Urbain Gedemus and a young woman, Arsule. Gedemus treats Arsule like a slave, but Arsule accept this because she has nowhere to go and -we guess- her 'work' with Gedemus is the last thing that saves her from being a prostitute. When she meets Panturle and knows about his dreams, she escapes from Gedemus and decides to stay with him. Together, they start a new life, made of hard farming work but mostly of happiness to have each other - fulfilling the earlier dreams of Panturle. Can anything break the happiness of their new life?
Fernandel
as Urbain Gedemus
Robert Le Vigan
as Sergeant De Sault
Marguerite Moreno
as Zia Mameche
Gabriel Gabrio
as Panturle, le paysan d'Aubignane
Orane Demazis
as Mlle Irène alias « Arsule », la compagne d'Urbain
Henri Poupon
as le fermier ami de Panturle
Odette Roger
as Alphonsine
Milly Mathis
as Belline
Édouard Delmont
as le père Gaubert, forgeron
Charles Blavette
as Jasmin Gaubert, le fils
Jean Servais
as Albin
