Nicolas Pagnol, grandson of Marcel Pagnol and a director himself, is president of the Compagnie Méditerranéenne de Films, where his role is to preserve and restore the work of his grandfather.

The importance of good food is not to be underestimated in the life of a community-witness The Baker's Wife. Cigalon, who has opened a restaurant in a small village in Provence, constantly refuses to serve his clients. It seems he has been a chef in the best French restaurants and is convinced that his new customers are not worth his cooking. But ex-laundress Madame Toffi understands that money can be made off the tourist trade. She opens an inn close to Cigalon. War is declared . . .