Magnat de la publicité, Edouard Martel a été choisi pour le lancement de la très touristique route Napoléon et une caravane doit semer l'enthousiasme dans les populations. Une fausse manuvre oblige Martel à substituer au village de Malijai où l'empereur a fait halte, celui de Bourg-sur-Bleone ignoré par Napoléon. Le malin Martel s'y prend avec une telle adresse qu'il convainc ...
In Cantagrel, Urbain Coindet, a farmer and town councilor in his forties, finds his wife hanging from a beam in the barn. Aurélie Coindet has committed ******* but but not everybody is convinced. The village is soon divided in two conflicting sides, the Republicans who support Urbain and the clericals accusing him of murder, which particularly suits Frédéric, a tobacco smuggler...
Jean Michaut is a bargeman who lives nearby an old barge cemetery named "Bras-Mort". He is in love with Monique, the daughter of a wealthy boat owner. The girl returns his affection but runs her head against the wall of her family's class prejudices. Her "nearest and dearest" prove indeed prepared to do everything to separate the two lovers. But Monique will not buy in . On the...
