Rigadin riche, Rigadin pauvre

While Ernest has managed to make his father’s inheritance prosper, Jules, the younger brother, having entrusted his capital to the Pari Mutuel, finds himself in complete disarray. As greedy as Harpagon, the elder brother rejects all the solicitations of his younger brother and the latter, to get revenge, fakes suicide, so that this desperate act falls back on his brother’s head.