
September 18, 1928 · 98 years old

Three adolescent war orphans seclude themselves in an anarchic and playful existence of denial and juvenile joy.

Goubi, the simpleton of his village in the French Department Allier, has but one wish: to see Paris. One day, the truckers Grafouillère deposit a drunk Goubi in the biggest market of Paris (the "Halles"). The poor man is completel...

In the 18th century, as the army of Prince De Beaulieu lays siege on the fortress of Marechal D'Allenberg, a young princess sends a soldier out of the fortress to go find her lover.

A burglar becomes a circus trapeze flier to escape the police, but still can't resist an occasional burglary. When one last caper turns him into an angel, he gets involved in the dreams and adventures of the people he meets.