
Louis, a nine-year-old boy from Paris, spends his summer vacation in a small town in Brittany. His mother Claire has lodged him with her girlfriend Marcelle and her husband Pelo while she's having her second baby. There Louis makes friends with Martine, the ten-year- old girl next door, and learns from her about life.
Marcelle

Pelo

Louis

Martine

Claire, Louis' mother

Yvonne, Martine's mother

Solange, Martine's sister

Simon, Solange's fiancé

Driver

Priest

Hippolyte, gravedigger

Marie, aka 'La Grenouille'

'Le Gros'

'La Lubie'
Doctor Gauthier

Poultry plucker
Poultry plucker
Butcher
Butcher
Butcher shop customer
Pelo's boyfriend
Raymond, postman