A bank clerk is bored to death with his nine-to-five work under his boss ' watchful eye. His missus is a pain in the neck and his in-laws are not better.

Paris at the Belle Epoque. Monsieur de Pontagnac, a perfect honest man, loves pretty women too much and that plays him many tricks. What need does he have to follow the pretty Lucienne Vatelin, home, to find himself in the presence of the husband, the notary Vatelin, who is part of his circle? From there, many characters will meet, avoid each other, find each other. Adultery, domestic scenes and reconciliation will be their lot.

During the cold and rainy off-season a man arrives in a seaside town and, giving his name only as Pierre, checks into the only hotel which remains open. His arrival arouses curiosity and a degree of suspicion, as people note that he appears to know the area, yet gives no explanation for his presence at that bleak time of year in the dead-end town.

法国南部的一个小镇上，诺曼底苹果酒客栈的老板勒布瓦纳突然去世，这对全镇人来说都是一件不小的事，他们不光担心以后再也喝不到那里甜美的苹果酒，还在猜测着客栈未来的主人是谁，会是勒布瓦纳先生那个贪财的弟媳妇奥毕斯蒂娜？还是他的老实憨厚，甚至有些傻的侄子依波利特？
其实在勒布瓦纳先生去世之前，奥毕斯蒂娜便开始预谋得到他的客栈，因此她常常跑到客栈吆五喝六，一副女主人的样子。而依波利特平时却只会默不作声地干杂活。因此在律师宣布勒布瓦纳先生遗嘱的那天，所有人都没想到依波利特会获得全部的遗产。奥毕斯蒂娜更是气得要命，但当人们听到继承遗产的条件时，却都情不自禁地笑起来，因为布勒瓦纳先生要求依波利特必须在年底前取得小学的修业证书，否则将没有资格继承遗产。这对依波利特来说可不是件容易的事情，奥毕斯蒂娜也因此松了一口气，她坚信以依波利特的智商是不可能拿到修业证书的。
无奈依波利特重新走进了学校，和一群小自己二十几岁的孩子一同上课。玛特莱娜是小学校里的老师，她被依波利特的真诚所打动，主动要求为他补习功课。
眼看考试的日期就要到了，奥毕斯蒂娜看出依波利特一直在暗恋自己的女儿亚洛特，于是他骗依波利特说亚洛特也喜欢他，希望他在考试中故意出错，这样客栈就能作为他表达爱情的信物归亚洛特了。依波利特信以为真，故意在考试中胡乱地回答考官问题。然而就在奥毕斯蒂娜正在为自己的阴谋即将得逞而暗自窃喜时，学校却传来消息说依波利特通过了考试。原来他胡乱的回答却偏偏都阴错阳差地答对了。依波利特最终不但得到了客栈，还收获了来自玛特莱娜的真正的爱情。
精彩视点：这是一部轻松却又能发人深思的喜剧影片。由以主演《虎口脱险》而备受人们喜爱的法国著名喜剧演员布尔维尔主演。

Five prisoners ,a woman and four men,return to France after WW2.We follow their rocky road to life.It's a movie which consists of five different stories.Aunt Anna comes back from a concentration camp but her family is more interested in her money; Antoine becomes a waiter in a place commandeered by an English all-female regiment.A wounded German takes refuge in Jean's boarding-house ,he used to be a torturer.Louis,back from war,is feted but his wife has run away with a resistant fighter.René is welcomed by the mayor on the railway station platform ; but he's married to a German woman.

In post-Liberation Paris, a man reunites with a friend and meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover her brother's dark past.

A young couple, Renee and Pierre, take one night a room at the Hotel du Nord, in Paris, near the canal Saint-Martin. They want to die together, but after having shooted at Renee, Pierre lacks of courage and ran away. Another customer, Monsieur Edmond, a procurer, rescues her. When Renee goes out of the hospital, she is hired as a waitress at the hotel. Monsieur Edmond falls in love with her, but Renee is still thinking of Pierre ...

1945 film by Marcel Carné

The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.