Released from a prisoner-of-war camp in 1942, Henri Neveu returns to his modest Parisian apartment to learn that his wife has just died giving birth. Knowing he is not the father of the new-born, Fernand, Henri brings him up as his own, along with his two children Louis and Odette. Seventeen years later, Henri’s happy household is about to break up. Louis is now a professional cyclist and Odette wants to start a career as a cover girl and marry an older man. The youngest, Fernand, is the biggest worry. Rebellious and undisciplined, he manages to get himself expelled from school. Try as he might, Henri finds it increasingly difficult to understand his grown-up children… —Filmsdefrance.com
Denys de La Patellière (born 8 March 1921) is a French film director and scriptwriter. He was born in Nantes. —Wikipedia