Set in the French countryside in the 1600s, a lone rider deposits a newborn baby boy on the steps of a monastery, having bitten his nose off. The child is bought up by an ex-pirate and his wife and is taught to read, write, count, joust and fence, and is also given a wooden nose. However, he is ordered by a local baron to attend a tough seminary, but he soon rebels and makes an action-packed escape...
In turn-of-the-century Paris, Georges Randal is brought up b...
After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, a young Jean-Luc Godard...
Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler ...