Germain Chazes lives in a caravan at the bottom of his mother's garden and is considered by most to be a happy fool. One day Marguerite, a very cultured old woman, introduces him to the world of books ...

Illiterate Germain meets 90-year-old Margueritte in a park and, thanks to her, learns to read at fifty. As Margueritte gradually loses her sight, Germain promises that, when she can no longer see, he ...

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