It starred Michel Simon, Charles Denner and Alain Cohen, and was the first film Claude Berri directed.

The elderly couple honestly think that the boy has been sent to live with them because Paris is dangerous; it never crosses their mind that Claude is a Jew.

There is a fly in the ointment; Claude's willing protectors share in the prejudices common to their time and place, anti-Semitism included.

They believe World War II to be the fault of Jews, communists, Freemasons, and worst of all, the British who can never be trusted.

Pépé considers Marshal Philippe Pétain, the puppet leader ruling France under Germany's thumb, a hero.