La Femme du Boulanger
A small village rejoices at the arrival of a new baker. But when his young wife runs off with another man, he is unable to keep baking and the village is thrown into disarray.
Shortly after middle-aged baker Aimable (Raimu) settles down in a new village in Provence, his young and beautiful wife Aurelie (Ginette Leclerc), runs away with an attractive young shepherd. The combination of his wife's desertion and the townspeople's initial mockery of his predicament causes the baker to close his shop in despair. Faced with the dire possibility of life without Aimable's breads, the townspeople attempt to persuade his unfaithful wife to come back. There is an undercurrent of tragedy, a steadfast air of dignity that is at once the secret of the film’s funniest scenes, the quality that prevents it from toppling into farce and makes ‘The Baker's Wife’ a true comedy and a delightful one. (Subtitles)
France 1938 Marcel Pagnol 133m
