A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother of a pregnant young girl. She accuses the baker's son, doing his military service in Algeria, to be the father of the would be child. Offended, the baker refuses to deliver bread to the villagers standing on the mother's side.
as Félicien Hébrard, boulanger de Valorgue
as M. Aussel, le receveur des Postes (Sociétaire de la Comédie Française)
as Le maire de Valorgue
as Évariste, le facteur
as Mme veuve Zanetti, l'épicière et mère de Françoise
as Françoise Zanetti, fille de Mme Zanetti
as L'abbé Daniel, curé du village
as Mme Clotilde Hébrard, épouse de Félicien
as Justin Hébrard, fils de Félicien
as Noël Courtade dit « Courte-cuisse », le vendeur de cycles
as Mlle Negret, la vieille fille
as Antonin, le forgeron
as Le garde-champêtre
as Le conducteur du bus
as Arnaud, le secrétaire de mairie
as Le sous-préfet
as Le brigadier
as Le gendarme Delcasse
as Le boucher
as Félicie, bistrote et célibataire qui fréquente
as Louise
as Félicie