Crésus (1960)
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Fernandel, Marcelle Ranson-Hervé, Rellys, Jeanne Pérez, René Génin, Miguel Gamy, Paul Préboist, Edouard Hemme, Pierre Repp
A solitary shepherd’s life changes when he discovers a container full of banknotes among his sheep.
The story
In 1946, Jules, a shepherd, lives alone on the high plateaus around Banon in the Basses-Alpes. For companionship, he has an arrangement with Fine, a young widow who lives near his farm and sometimes spends the night with him when he wants her to. One day, Jules discovers an aviation container among his sheep and mistakes it for a bomb. He fires at it with his rifle, piercing the container and revealing an astonishing quantity of banknotes. The discovery is set to disrupt the quiet routine of the solitary shepherd.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The story takes place in 1946, around Banon in the Basses-Alpes (now Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). Jules is a shepherd who lives alone on the high plateaus. For companionship, he has an arrangement with Fine, a young widow who lives not far from his farm and sometimes comes to spend the night with him when he wants her to. One day, among his sheep, he finds an aviation container that he takes for a bomb. After it is pierced by buckshot from his rifle, nearly two cubic metres of banknotes are revealed...
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