剧情介绍
巴里尔父子是一对平凡的铁匠，不过老巴里尔父亲（阿曼德·杜托特 Armand Duteurtre 饰）却是一个充满奇思妙想的老人，他最大的目标就是制造出能够翱翔天际的飞行器。为此他专心研究，谁知赶走上门的主顾，他的儿子（莫里斯·维诺特 Maurice Vinot 饰）起初颇为不解，不过最终也成为父亲发明创造过程中的同伴。
由于过于专心，巴里尔太太（珍妮·玛丽-劳伦特 Jeanne Marie-Laurent 饰）及其女儿承担起了照顾家庭甚至贴补家用的重任。在这一过程中，女儿疲累至极，继而感染肺病，已经到了死亡的边缘。这一切都令老巴里尔懊悔不已，他发誓要用自己独一无二的发明挽回女儿的生命…… An aging engineer pursues a scheme to build a flying machine at the expense of his family's health. When his daughter falls ill, he enters a flying competition to win money for her treatment, even though his design is dangerously untested.
由于过于专心，巴里尔太太（珍妮·玛丽-劳伦特 Jeanne Marie-Laurent 饰）及其女儿承担起了照顾家庭甚至贴补家用的重任。在这一过程中，女儿疲累至极，继而感染肺病，已经到了死亡的边缘。这一切都令老巴里尔懊悔不已，他发誓要用自己独一无二的发明挽回女儿的生命…… An aging engineer pursues a scheme to build a flying machine at the expense of his family's health. When his daughter falls ill, he enters a flying competition to win money for her treatment, even though his design is dangerously untested.
情節太過遜色，導致電影毫無吸引力，電影中那個家庭雖窮但大廳的壁紙還是很有藝術味道。