A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.01:26

It's mid 19th century in northern France. The story is about a coal miner's town. The workers are exploited by the mine's owner. One day, they decide to go on strike, and the authorities repress them.01:23

Quick-witted, well-read cultured types revolve around each other in a delightful potpourri of theatre, romanticism and theft.01:55