"Gaspard De Besse" is a Robin Hood's French brother,a friend to the poor.

A Robin Hood's French brother,"Gaspard De Besse" takes place in Provence in the years preceding the French Revolution.It depicts the dubious milieu of the "law":the drunken judge's son and his friends hang an old man just for fun.So Gaspard , his brother and their band rebel, steal from the Rich and give to the Poor.Historic character Mirabeau -who was to play a prominent part in the events of 1789- appears in one scene.—dbdumonteil