Victor Hardy wants to buy the entire area around the village of Cabosse. He claims that he wants to return to nature, but he also intends to profit by selling water from the village fountain, which is reputed to enhance longevity. However old farmer Mathieu and his sons don’t want to sell…

Central to the Golden Age of French cinema, the hugely influential innovator and auteur René Clair preceding and then working in parallel to the Nouvelle Vague, capping off an incredible career in comedy with this 1961 vehicle for beloved actor Bourvil.