Roger Ferdinand

In his desirable mansion, a widower wants to marry again with a twenty-year old brunette. His children disagree and they tell him so .

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.