The Baker's Wife (1938)
La femme du boulanger
133 min
In this little Provencal village, a new baker, Aimable, settles down. His wife Aurelie is beautiful and much younger than he. She departs with a shepherd the night after Aimable produces his first breads. Aimable is so afflicted that he can not work anymore. Therefore, the villagers, who initially laughed at his cuckoldry, take the matter very seriously (they want the bread) and organize a plan to find Aurelie and to bring her back to the bakery.
- Release date
- September 30, 1940
- Country of origin
- France
- Music
- Vincent Scotto
Where to watch
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Criterion Channel
Trailer
Cast
- Raimu as Aimable Castanier
- Ginette Leclerc as Aurélie Castanier
- Charles Moulin as Dominique, le berger
- Fernand Charpin as Le marquis Castan de Venelles
- Robert Vattier as Le curé
- Alida Rouffe as Céleste, la bonne du curé
- Charles Blavette as Antonin
- Marcel Maupi as Barnabé
- Odette Roger as Miette, la femme d'Antonin
- Yvette Fournier as Hermine
- Maximilienne as Melle Angèle
- Charblay as Arsène, the butcher
- Julien Maffre as Pétugue
- Jean Castan as Esprit, a shepherd
- Tyrand as A messenger
- Paul Dullac as Casimir, the tobacconist
- Édouard Delmont as Maillefer dit Patience
- Robert Bassac as L'instituteur
Crew
- Marcel Pagnol · Director
- Jean Giono · Writer
- Vincent Scotto · Composer
- Georges Benoît · Cinematographer
- Suzanne de Troeye · Editor