The Wild Oat

Synopsis

A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother of a pregnant young girl. She accuses the baker's son, doing his military service in Algeria, to be the father of the would be child. Offended, the baker refuses to deliver bread to the villagers standing on the mother's side.

Director

Henri Verneuil

Written by

Pierre Lozach

Music

Nino Rota

Studio

Cité Films

Released

27 February 1953

Genres

Comedy