Marie, the charming daughter of Italian immigrants, has a dream : to become rich. In Roubaix, where she lives, she meets and marries small-time crooner Marcel Potier. Together they leave for the South of France where they live happily but poorly. Now, Marie hasn't forgotten her hopes of wealth and with this aim still in mind she pushes Marcel into becoming the swimming instructor of Achille Zopoulos, an oil tycoon.
Guy Marchand
Marcel
Jean-Claude Brialy
Logan
Stefania Sandrelli
Marie
Moustache
Zopoulos
Jean-Louis Trintignant
le jardinier
Benoît Ferreux
le garagiste
Christian Marquand
Paul
François Perrot
Maître Dalloz
