Palmyre Levasseur

At the beginning of World War I in a village in the country of La Marne, two families are against the marriage of their children. The war changes their positions. (imdb)

Even wartime offered no incentive for mutually loathing neighbors Dalban (Saturnin Fabre) and Mme. Ancelot (Gabrielle Dorziat) to mend their differences, particularly over the budding romance between their kids (Georges Marchal, Micheline Presle). Dalban badgers his chanteuse tenant Zazu (Josephine Baker) to find a showgirl for his son, but the sly songstress is more interested in playing Cupid!

Lyon, 1953. Maria Manzana is the oldest of a family with five children and the only one who has a job. Maria's mother is deceased and her father is regularly drunk and violent. One evening when he wants to beat his daughter Christine, Mary helps her sister and accidentally she kills her father. At Maria's advice the family would prefer to flee. Anna, the girlfriend of Mary's brother Michael, accompanies them. Michael doesn't want to leave her behind... (Robert)