简介：BaptisteLachaud,knownaffectionatelyasTistin,istheonlymaninthevillageofClochemerlenottohaveajob.Withthehelpofthelocalmayor,hegetshimselfregisteredasunemployed,sothatnotonlycanhecarryondoingnothingbuthewillalsobepaidfordoingso.Understandably,thevillagersdonottakekindlytothisdevelopment,andareevenmoreoutragedwhenTistinuseshiseasilyearnedmoneytogetdrunkinthecompanyofZozotte,awomanofbadreputation.Toredeemhimself,Tistinbeginstoundertakeoddjobsforhisneighbours,particularly,Jeannette,ayoungwidowwhosoondevelopsafondnessforhim.ButthensomemoneygoesmissingfromthechurchandTistinistheobviousculprit,sincehehasjustdepositedalargesumofmoneyintoanewbankaccount...…