Colette, an engineer in a car factory, loves Jean, her colleague, who only sees her as a friend. Jean's childhood friend soon makes them fall in love.

A visitor from the western front tells young children, in a sober commentary, about the battle of Verdun.

Because Colin has a charming smile, he seduces his boss, a great decorator. And Colin, who ruined himself to approach the young woman, succeeds in becoming her partner and then her husband.

A father has two sons, the older one serious and hard-working, the younger one spendthrift and pleasure-seeking. The latter rejects his father's authority and leaves home. It is not long before he wastes all his fortune and falls into poverty. He repents and decides to return home. Despite his older son's resentment, the father welcomes back the lost sheep.