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。

Matthias Duval is in love, but he can't choose between the two twin sisters Betty and Liz Kerner. To pick up the two sisters, he invents his own twin brother and will play both characters.

Having fortuitously discovered a photograph in which Marthe embraces someone unknown, clothed with a chequed jacket, Étienne Dorsay becomes jealous, and imagines various stratagems to identify the lover.
In the meantime, Étienne and his friends acquire a weekend house for a very low price.
As in the previous work, the film is largely narrated by the character Étienne, whose tone shifts with the reality of the images.
The film contains a certain number of allusions to the films of Blake Edwards (the Pink Panther series).

亚历山大是一个年轻而诚实的农民，他受到专制妻子的压迫，妻子让他像狗一样工作。妻子因车祸去世后，他决定躺在床上，完全自由自在，无所事事。只有一条狗负责为他运送食物和报纸。
当他的妻子去世后，亚历山大决定将自己的全部精力投入到他的伟大爱好中：养狗。他睡了几个半月。他的儿子对美丽的阿加特说了些什么，阿加特最后说："我想你会喜欢我的。然而，就在他向她求婚的那一刻，他却遭到了背叛，他的自由和他的爱情都受到了威胁。