This is a charming film about love and sacrifice, populated with loveable characters and amusing situations. There is an easygoing air to these old French movies... even the arguments and conflicts have an affectionate tone. The father-son relationship between Marius and Cesar (a winning performance by Raimu) has an adorable sweetness to it, as when they each humor the other's deceptions. Demazis' portrayal of Fanny is a little harder to pin down, but such is the nature of an adolescent girl.

Stagey, barely convincing, and riddled with poor filmmaking/acting.