It tells the story of a family in Provence, with an ironer mother and a shoemaker father.

The book is largely autobiographical and based on Giono's childhood, although it has many fictional anecdotes.

The film stars Raimu, Ginette Leclerc and Charles Blavette.

[2] Pagnol's film was in turn adapted into the American musical The Baker's Wife, which premiered in 1976.

[3] It was also the basis for the 2010 television film La Femme du boulanger, directed by Dominique Thiel.