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13 Episodes 1975 - 1975
Episode 1
53 mins
Ida de Barancy aspires to an aristocratic life. She tries to have her son Jack enrolled in a religious institution. But the Superior refuses the child.
Episode 2
54 mins
Jack discovers a boarding school where fantasy meets utter anarchy. The teachers feel they are giving their students far more than they need.
Episode 3
53 mins
The professors want to launch a literary journal and are counting heavily on Ida de Barancy to finance it. But how can they decide to do so? By organizing a grand evening to allow them to showcase their knowledge.
Episode 4
55 mins
Ida refused to marry Bon Ami. She triumphed again when Jack affirmed that he wanted to stay with her and only her.
Episode 5
54 mins
Jack's deep affection for Madou doesn't stop the boy from running away from school. Tired of the bullying he's been subjected to, he wants to return to his country. But the escape ends in disaster. Madou is brought back to the police,
Episode 6
55 mins
Jack has escaped from the Moronval boarding school. He reunites with his mother and rediscovers a peaceful life without d'Argenton. But he reappears. Relations turn sour, and the child runs away from home.
Episode 7
54 mins
Jack is increasingly neglected by his mother. Fortunately, he has his dog, Cécile, and the Archambault family who adopted him. Labassindre and Dr. Hirsch, from the Moronval boarding house, don't hesitate to live off Ida and d'Argenton.
Episode 8
55 mins
The sinister d'Argenton uses every excuse to get Jack away. He decides to apprentice him. Jack must therefore go to work at the Indret forges. Ida begs d'Argenton, but he remains inflexible.
Episode 9
54 mins
Jack fails to adapt to the hard work of the forge, and Roudic is distressed by this, while vigorously defending him to the foreman.
Episode 10
54 mins
The man from Nantes stole Zénaïde's dowry. To divert suspicion, he arranges to have Jack accused. While Zénaïde despairs over Roudic, Clarisse, who knows the culprit, remains silent.
Episode 11
54 mins
For almost seven years, Jack has been a stoker on the cargo ship "Cydnus." To escape the heat, as if to forget, he drinks. In the ports, he frequents dives, where he can talk to relieve himself, before setting sail again.
Episode 12
54 mins
Jack remains the obsession of Amaury d'Argenton, who dislikes his seafaring ways. He reproaches this to Ida . Humiliated, Jack finds refuge with Cécile, his childhood friend. But this fragile happiness is threatened.
Episode 13
54 mins
Jack and his mother live in a poor neighborhood of Paris, near the Bélisaires. Despite his failing health, the young man works hard. But d'Argenton hasn't given up: one day, believing Jack is absent, he comes looking for Ida.