
Mathias Pascal, only son of a once-rich family, marries beautiful Romalinda, who has a terrible mother-in-law. She controls her daughter, and soon his home life becomes a nightmare. His only moments of lights are his mother and baby, but both die on the same day. Shocked, he leaves his hometown and goes to Monte Carlo, where he wins a fortune at the casino. Returning home, he reads his own obituary in a paper. They have found a corpse in a creek and connected it with his disappearance. Mathias, noticing that he is now free from all ties to his old life, decides to start a new one.

as Mathias Pascal

as Romilde Pascal

as Adrienne Paleari

as Mme Pascal, la mère de Mathias

as Tante Scholastique

as Sylvia Caporale

as Jérôme Pomino

as Scipion

as L'amoureux du 12, un joueur

as L'aide assesseur