Honoré Panisse is dying, cheerfully, with friends, wife, and son at his side. He confesses to the priest in front of his friends; he insists that the doctor be truthful. But, he cannot bring himself to tell his son Cesariot that his real father is Marius, the absent son of César, Cesariot's godfather. Panisse leaves that to Fanny, the lad's mother. Dissembling that he's off to ...

　　影片以阿尔及尔为背景,表现一个强盗遭到警察的追捕,只能在阿尔及尔的卡斯巴平民区一带逃窜,躲藏.最后,他企图同他的情人一起逃到巴黎,从此摆脱非人生活，但是,"命运"却使他无法搭船,只得愤而自杀.法国诗意现实主义代表作.