Simone Rieutor

Barely out of the psychiatric hospital where he went to seek care, Gilbert Nodier commits several assaults to have some money.

A young couple of burglars, waiting for trial, marry in jail. Annick writes down her observations of the women's ward. When she hears that her lover must serve a twice as long prison sentence, she plans their escape.

Alain Brissot, an executive in a major company, was made redundant following a redundancy plan, but decided to put up a fight by continuing to occupy his office against all odds... He soon went on hunger strike, and, after many ups and downs, ended up taking back the job of his former manager, who had himself been ousted following the failure of a lucrative contract with an African country.

Unfinished film project from Agnès Varda (c. 1960)

Adapted from the novel by Eugène Le Roy, this series tells the life of Jacquou Féral, a peasant who revolted against the Count of Nansac in Périgord in 1819.