Crainquebille

Crainquebille is a 1934 French drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Félicien Tramel, Rachel Devirys and Jeanne Fusier-Gir.[1] It is based on the 1901 story L'Affaire Crainquebille by Anatole France, which had previously been adapted into a 1922 silent film Crainquebille directed by Jacques Feyder.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin.

A Paris costermonger is sentence to fifteen days in prison for insulting a police officer. On his release he finds himself shunned by his former customers, loses his business and develops suicidal feelings. He is revived by the kindness of a street boy from Montmartre who inspires him to rebuild his life.