Driven by necessity, Jean Larcher, a young agricultural engineer, accepts the degrading mission of leading to ruin, under cover of administering it, a huge cocoa plantation on the island of São Tomé. His employers, a financial coalition, indeed plan to dispossess its owner, an inexperienced young woman who has just inherited it, of her property. But when Jean comes into contact with her, he recognizes Francesca, a girl he had fond feelings for when he was a student.

Cast

Jean-Pierre Aumont

Jean Larcher

Jany Holt

Francesca

Pierre Renoir

Aristophélès

Marcelle Géniat

La marquise d'Amaral

Lucas Gridoux

Docteur Alcacer

Jenny Burnay

May Malestroy

André Carnège

Vasco

Jean-Max

Malestroy - le banquier

Jacques Henley

Sir Nicholas

René Génin

Le prêtre

Joe Alex