The Baker's Wife

La Femme du boulanger

1938·133'

Marcel Pagnol

DramaComedy

★ 7.4

Letterboxd TMDB #43844

In this little Provencal village, a new baker, Aimable, settles down. His wife Aurelie is beautiful and much younger than he. She departs with a shepherd the night after Aimable produces his first breads. Aimable is so afflicted that he can not work anymore. Therefore, the villagers, who initially laughed at his cuckoldry, take the matter very seriously (they want the bread) and organize a plan to find Aurelie and to bring her back to the bakery.

Cast

Raimu Aimable Castanier

Ginette Leclerc Aurélie Castanier

Charles Moulin Dominique, le berger

Fernand Charpin The Marquis Castan de Venelles

Robert Vattier the priest

Alida Rouffe Céleste, the good priest

Charles Blavette Antonin

Robert Bassac the teacher

Marcel Maupi Barnabé

Odette Roger Miette, wife of Antoninus

Yvette Fournier Hermine

Maximilienne Melle Angèle