After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. The local bar owner, a simple man who likes to write poetry, who only wants to be left alone to do his job, becomes a target for Communist harassment as they try and locate a particular loyalist, and he pushes back.

Genres

Cast

Michel Blanc

Gaigneux

Gérard Depardieu

Léopold

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Archambaud

Philippe Noiret

Watrin

Michel Galabru

Monglat

Gérard Desarthe

Maxime Loin

Danièle Lebrun

Mme Archambaud

Fabrice Luchini

Jourdan

Daniel Prévost

Rochard

Myriam Boyer

Mme Gaigneux

Ticky Holgado

Mégrin, l'avocat

Florence Darel

Marie-Anne Archambaud