FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE
DE CARTAGENA DE INDIAS CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA

Small towns are hell to live in and in this particular French village, old resentments run deep, but there’s one thing everyone agrees on: the new baker’s bread is the best. Until his stunning young wife runs off with a younger, better-looking shepherd, leaving the baker in such a state he refuses to fire his oven. The time has come to rally around a common cause and get the baker’s wife back so the town can savor his bread again. This dramatic comedy is laced with realism, unforgettable moments, droll dialogues and double-entendres needed to get around the censors of the day. Behind the candor of this Thirties film is an insightful  analysis of male behavior: the menfolk openly and mercilessly mock the poor baker—played by the great Raimu—but end up expressing solidarity for him. An unjustly obscure classic that deserves to be on everyone’s must-see list.