Uomini senza casa

At the end of the 40s, the Abbot Pierre, delegate in the National Assembly, decides to build an inn intended to receive homeless persons. During the stake in construction site of the inn of Emmaüs, he gets acquainted with numerous individuals in need which he is going to take under his wing.

Born in 1913, Boris Simon-Gontcharov was a painter and author of novels for youth. Originating in Russia, its family settled in France in 1907. It is related to the Russian great writer (his/her uncle). He is the brother of the writer and Louis-Simon playwright, who have responsibilities within the HQ for Scouts de France and which amongst other things wrote with Serge Dalens the Eaglets of Montrevel. Its book, the Ragmen of Emmaüs, was in particular adapted to the screen in 1955, under the direction of Robert Darène (republished in video in 1995). It is deceased in 1972.