Lucien Gallas

In a French mining town, a man is injured in a rockfall. He recuperates in his best friend's house, cared for by his friend's wife, who longs to run away. Mistaking her interest in him for love, he becomes jealous when he suspects her of having an affair with the pit boss.

A policeman infiltrates a gang of drug traffickers.

Abandoned children, left to their own devices and a life of danger, are adopted by a kind man.