While he was about to end his life, Baron de Cantenac wanted to return one last time to the land of his ancestors. He then discovers a treasure that he will strive to use to revive his village.
On the verge of committing suicide, an old ruined baron, in a village with sad inhabitants, meets the centenary of the village who reveals to him the existence of a family treasure. Reconciled with existence, thinking of the inhabitants, he will use his new fortune to revive the village of his distant ancestors.