Father's Trip

Quantin lives in a village near the Swiss border. He has had no word from his eldest daughter for a long time. She went to Lyon to find work. She was to work there as a hairdresser. She has not come back to the village for two years. The youngest daughter’s birthday is approaching. His wife presses him to go. The man sets off. His aim is to fetch his daughter for the family celebration. He begins searching in Lyon. His daughter is not where he expected. In the end he learns the truth. She is now living by prostitution. The father does not know how to deal with it. The film is adapted from the novel by Bernard Clavel. Fernandel and Lilli Palmer appear in the ninety minute film, a French production Denys de La Patellière finished in 1966.