La force de la vie (1920)

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• 1920

Jean Paoli recently betrothed to Evelyne Desprez, his boss's daughter, gets tuberculosis and has to go away to get rest and fresh air. He leaves for Corsica and has to break his engagements. He is then invited to his cousin's wedding Catalina. But the groom's father objects to the union. A vendetta is declared and soon afterwards, the groom is found dead on the road to Ajaccio, murdered by Michel, Catalina's father, who then hides in the macchia. Jean decides to join him there and his health gets better. One day, Michel is mortally wounded by the police and Jean learns that his father died too. He, Jacques and Catalina travel back to Paris, so that his mother is not left alone. He finds that Evelyne took a new verlobter, Max Carlier, who surrenders after a fight. Evelyne und Jean get married.