Overview
After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. The local bar owner, a simple man who likes to write poetry, who only wants to be left alone to do his job, becomes a target for Communist harassment as they try and locate a particular loyalist, and he pushes back.
Cast
- Michel Blanc as Gaigneux
- Gérard Depardieu as Léopold
- Jean-Pierre Marielle as Archambaud
- Philippe Noiret as Watrin
- Michel Galabru as Monglat
- Gérard Desarthe as Maxime Loin
- Danièle Lebrun as Mme Archambaud
- Fabrice Luchini as Jourdan
- Daniel Prévost as Rochard
- Myriam Boyer as Mme Gaigneux