Looking for a job Toni goes from Italy to Southern France. A local woman named Marie takes him in as her tenant and becomes his lover. But when the Spanish guestworker Josepha comes to town, Toni falls for her. To his disappointment Josepha has a wedding with a wealthier man. So Toni marries Marie after all but he cannot hide that Josepha was his greatest love. After Marie has thrown him out of her house he is determined to see Josepha again. He finds her on a farm in the mountains where she lives with her increasingly abusive husband. Josepha is about to run away and for that purpose she steals money from her spouse who catches and hits her. While Toni is around she kills the man. Toni sacrifices himself in order to cover up for her.
Albert is saturated with race-prejudice (directed against Arabs).

Directed by Jean Renoir.

France, 1935, Fiction, 1hr30

starring Charles Blavette, Celia Montalván, Jenny Hélia, Édouard

Cast
Charles Blavette as Antonio'Toni' Canova
Celia Montalván as Josefa
Édouard Delmont as Fernand
Max Dalban as Albert
Jenny Hélia as Marie
Michel Kovachevitch as Sebastian
Andrex as Gabi
Paul Bozzi as the guitar player

Directed by Jean Renoir
Produced by Pierre Gaut
Written by Jean Renoir / Carl Einstein
story by Andre Levert
Music by Paul Bozzi
Cinematography Claude Renoir
Edited by Marguerite Renoir / Suzanne de Troeye
Production company: Films Marcel Pagnol
Distributed by Films Marcel Pagnol
Release dates: 22 February 1935
Running time: 90 mins.
Country: France
Language: French / Italian / Spanish