A poacher who'd rather stay guilty than become your philosophy project.
Blaireau, a poacher, is imprisoned for an offense he didn't commit. An ambitious lawyer tries to exculpate and glorify him. But, once he's released, this major philosopher destroys in just a few hours the prestige painstakingly built by his liberator.
Acting
Bach's deadpan destruction of every scene he's 'honored' in.
Writing
The script knows exactly when to let silence do the damage.
Director
Henry Wulschleger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a 1906 play by Tristan Bernard, this was part of a wave of French cinema adapting boulevard theater for the screen.
Director Henry Wulschleger later became known for Pépé le Moko ripoffs; this early work shows sharper satirical instincts than his later crime films.
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