丢失会员卡的赛车手成为黑帮团伙的司机。

In August 1952, a family of British tourists is found by the roadside in Haute Provence, brutally murdered. In the ensuing, very public, investigation a local landowner, 75 year old Gaston Dominici, is arrested for the murders, having been denounced by his sons. Under police interrogation, Dominici confesses to have killed the family and it looks certain that he will be charged, tried and sentenced to death. But then the case begins to collapse. The old man retracts his confession and the lack of evidence against him becomes apparent…

A mysterious phantom appears in the Musée du Louvre in Paris at night. The guards are unable to catch it. A student, André Bellegarde obstinately tries to find out more about the strange creature by himself. He seems to be more effective in doing so than the local police led by commissaire Menardier. Bellegarde does cooperate with the police, too, but he mostly goes his own way investigating Belphégor's activity. A secret society is in the background. Bellegarde, in the meantime, is involved in two romances and cannot decide which woman to dedicate himself as the case gets more and more serious and criminal and threads meet.

For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. But this is no ordinary conflict, for the on-going hostilities are between two armies of young schoolboys. When he is beaten by his father for having lost his buttons, the leader of the Longueverne army, Lebrac, has an idea which will give his side the advantage: next time, he and his brave soldiers will go in battle without their clothes...

本片以马歇尔的母亲为中心，描写全家人重返普罗旺斯山区度假，但引来父亲约瑟夫不悦。于是在母亲一手策划下，全家每星期上山度周末，因路途遥远而搞得大家疲累不堪。后来约瑟夫从担任运河监工的学生手中取得公务锁匙，大家沿着运河边的城堡前进，大大缩短了度假路程。不料经过其中一座城堡时，当场被一名监工逮住，父亲遭羞辱，母亲则不支昏倒。本片系马塞尔·帕格诺尔(Marcel Pagnol)的童年回忆，改编自法国名作家马歇儿童年逸事的散文式喜剧，与《妈妈的城堡》均由伊维斯·罗勃特导演，是姊妹作。这是令人感到内心愉悦的成长喜剧，外景风光诗情画意。另外，普罗旺斯也就是《屋顶上的骑兵》的故事发生地点。改编自同名传记小说，经典的法国电影，在都市的喧嚣中体验法国乡村童年的温馨回忆。

tv show aired since 1997

　　莫里斯·皮亚拉70年代初筹拍的7集电视剧，但却为他赢得甚至比电影更高的评价。影评人将它与法施宾德的《柏林亚历山大广场》相提并论。故事讲述一战时期，一个猎场看守人收养了一个小男孩，战争逼近，他们必须在森林里躲避战火。