Monsieur Hulot, a bourgeois petty bourgeois, drives to Brittany in his ancient car to enjoy his well-deserved vacation. He finds a room under the roof in a small boarding house and from then on tries hard to entertain the other guests and arouse their interest. He is particularly taken with young Martine, whom he shyly courts. But all his further efforts to find company among the guests cause misunderstandings and disasters.

Print from the collection of the Kino im Blauen Salon (HfG KA)