Malou Tré-ki

François Chotard, wholesale grocer, gives his daughter in marriage to Julien Collinet, a writer who prefers dreaming to working, a situation conducive to quarrels between the son and the father- in-law. Until the day when Julien receives the Prix Goncourt, prestigious literary award. Chotard has a sudden change of heart.

The brave notary Valentin Parpevielle has many problems with his young wife Moune, who has fallen in love with a crook count.