An English hermit Rupert Everett) has somehow been brought to France in the period following the French Revolution, and prior to the Napoleonic Era, a period (1795-1799) known as "The Directory." He eventually comes down out of his tree into a chateau owned by an Italian nobleman (Ugo Tognazzi) and his wife. Before long, the hermit has washed and bathed and become quite presentable, even charming. However, his appearance in their midst is like a sentence of death for many of those who associate with him.

Cast

Ugo Tognazzi

Marmant

Rupert Everett

Assuerus, aka Horace Walop

Anne Brochet

Tolerance

Marc de Jonge

Cabanes

Catherine Samie

Marie-The

László Szabó

Bernheim

Claude Duneton

Jacobi

Stéphane Boucher

Belloy

Evelyne Didi

Antoinette

Olimpia Carlisi

Paulette