Yves is the main character of this film. In 1950, he was considered as incurable. The only solution for him seemed to lie in an endless stay in a mental institution. Fernand Deligny who has always shown distrust for arbitrary decisions started to look after him. In 1962, Yves became the central character of a film shot for two years in the Cevennes. A film beautiful like a Murnau, Jacques Rivette.