Bahier

The film portrays a visitor to an insane asylum where it becomes clear that the inmates have taken control. Telling the visitor that a cure for insanity has been found by cutting out an eye of the patient and then slitting his throat, the "director" hurries into another room, reemerges with blood all over his hands and, as blood seeps from beneath the door, incites other inmates who now surround the visitor. (imdb)

The story of "Jack" is well-known. It is a beautiful story of a natural child. His mother, Ida de Borancy, worships the dear little nameless and fatherless being whom she decides, as he is getting on in years, to place in a boarding school. The child's professor of literature is a certain Amaury D'Argenton, a failure of the faculty, and an uninspired poet. During one of her visits to the institution, Mme. de Borancy is attracted by D'Argenton, and falls in love with him.

François is a cashier at the banking firm Melchiors. His daughter Marcelle works at a fashion warehouse and secretly deals with Louis, the son of Melchiors. When Louis steals money from the bank to settle his game debts, François notices. Melchiors finds out that Louis has stolen money. At the same time, François discovers his daughter's affair. Embarrassed, he resigns and goes to live outside the city with Marcelle.