Daniel Petit

French horror short from 1970.

"Le Fantôme des Arcades" is the story of a series of appearances of a ghost, performed by Christian Clément, who haunts the Corcelles-les-Monts plateau in the Dijon region. The ghost appears several times in front of a mushroom picker, played by Daniel Petit, terrified by these multiple appearances.

"Rêveries d'un escaladeur solitaire" is a tribute to "Goupi Mains Rouges", the film Jacques Becker shot in 1943 during the Occupation. The main character of "Rêveries d'un escaladeur solitaire" which takes over the role of Tonkin from Becker's film, played by Robert Le Vigan, is perched on top of a tree. Out of the picture and shouting his hatred of society, he contemplates and insults the members of the Goupi family, sitting at the foot of the tree, who implore him to come down from his observation post.

"(Daniel) Petit Lu" is a film which celebrates Petit Beurre by the Nantes company LU. The title of the film is a pun between the actor - Daniel Petit - and the famous Petits Beurre. In "(Daniel) Petit Lu", Daniel Petit devours small butter in a biscuit choreography and to the tunes of advertising songs from the 1950s extolling the taste qualities of Petits Beurre LU.

"Autour de Vent-Pire" is a documentary recounting the shooting of "Vent-Pire", the vampire film that Gérard Courant shot on November 12, 1970 at the Porte du Diable in the Pasques forest in Plombières-lès-Dijon.