After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. The local bar owner, a simple man who likes to write poetry, who only wants to be left alone to do his job, becomes a target for Communist harassment as they try and locate a particular loyalist, and he pushes back.
| Directing | Claude Berri | Director |
| Art | Bernard Vézat | Production Design |
| Production | Pierre Grunstein | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Arlette Langmann | Screenplay |
| Editing | Hervé de Luze | Editor |
| Camera | Renato Berta | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Claude Berri | Screenplay |
| Sound | Jean-Claude Petit | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Caroline de Vivaise | Costume Design |
| Writing | Marcel Aymé | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean-Pierre Eychenne | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patrick Villain | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Louis Gimel | Sound |
| Sound | Dominique Hennequin | Sound |
| Sound | Laurent Lévy | Sound Effects Editor |