A man gets paid to exist. The town's men revolt. The women? Very interested.
"Easiest Profession" - Tistin is the only unemployed man in Clochemerle. Obliged to use their tax money to keep Tistin alive, the other guys in town insist that he find some sort of work. Tistin obligingly takes a few jobs, working for the various ladies in town. Before long, the menfolk become convinced that Tistin is using this cover to play the field, and they're angry at him all over again.
Acting
Fernandel's elastic face sells every absurd escalation.
Writing
Boyer adapts Gabriel Chevallier's satirical novel with bite.
Production
1957 Clochemerle set design is aggressively, charmingly provincial.
Director
Jean Boyer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chevallier's 1934 novel was banned by the Catholic Church for its rural ribaldry; Boyer's film softens but keeps the class satire.
Fernandel shot this between his Don Camillo sequels, using the same rural-comedy muscle with more sexual chaos allowed.
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