Everyone knows Carmet, the great French film actor, but do we really know Jean, the child of Touraine?

Born in Tours in 1920, Jean Carmet was deeply attached to Bourgueil, the village of his childhood, and to the region he left young “to go up to Paris,” but where he returned regularly to recharge. How did this land of Touraine shape his life and destiny? How did he draw on it for the energy and audacity to take on some of the key roles of his career?

Through encounters, atmospheres and archives, this documentary talks to those who knew him, loved him and claim his legacy today. A moving and sincere portrait, off the beaten track, of a great actor who embodied like no other the quintessential Frenchman, in all his moods…