Renée Héribel has fallen pregnant by her lover, François Rozet. The priest and the maid think they should get married, but Rozet's father, Jean Toulout, doesn't care for her low-class family. Will they take revenge for this insult?
France's first talkie was produced in England at Twickenham studios; the excuse was the sound systems were better. This rather simple story is well acted, but the methods used to deal with sound recording are apparent to the observant viewer; one party scene shot wild and with background noises added -- the main events take place at Carnival -- and otherwise all the sequences with sound are close-ups. Cameraman Raymond Agnel moves the camera around to maintain composition, even during a talking sequence, but it's clear that the selling point was neither the story nor the camera of the images, but the talking.
