Harvest

In 1930s Provence, young people abandon a small village for city jobs, leaving only a few elderly residents and the poacher Panturle. Panturle longs to bring the village back to life, find a wife, start a family, and farm. A traveling knife-grinder, Urbain Gedemus, visits with a young woman, Arsule, whom he treats like a slave; she accepts this because she has nowhere else to go. After meeting Panturle and learning of his dreams, Arsule escapes Gedemus and stays with him. Together they begin a new life of hard farm work and shared happiness, fulfilling Panturle's earlier hopes.