It centres on the life of the entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre and his total devotion to studying insect behavior, travelling from Avignon to Paris, from Paris to his death in Sérignan. He is honoured by the French president Raymond Poincaré and his patience, obstinacy and knowledge are also recognised by Napoleon III, the publisher Charles Delagrave and the philosopher John Stuart Mill. They reach their climax in his book, Souvenirs entomologiques.
as M. Fabre
as La comtesse de la Porte
as John Stuart Mill
as Le directeur du collège
as Napoléon III
as Eugénie de Montijo
as Antonia Fabre
as Le censeur d'Avignon
as Aglaë âgée
as Le ministre Victor Duruy
as L'éditeur Charles Delagrave
as Charles Delagrave
as Jules
as Le maire
as La deuxième femme
as Le fiancé d'Antonia
as Le petit Jules Fabre
as Aglaë Fabre
as Le prince impérial
as Marie Fabre
as L'aubergiste (uncredited)
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