Gribouille, once called himself Boireau, before falling in love with a beautiful Sicilian girl to whom he has given his heart across the border. Unfortunately the beautiful girl has a terrible father, from whose presence Gribouille runs away scared and crosses over the border. Back in France our hero, seized by the love of his native land wants to stay there. The Italian authorities strive in vain to block his way. Gribouille jumps on an express train, throws the stoker and mechanic on the rails and takes their place on the tender. Soon the locomotive, overheated thanks to his manoeuvres, explodes in a tremendous catastrophe. Gribouille is thrown amongst the clouds and falls onto the roof of a cinema studio in which he falls like a meteor. He is welcomed with open arms. A number of lenses focus on him as our hero, as is well known, is considered one of the most exhilarating comics, so that the repatriation can sign the commitment to become Boireau in his homeland once again.

Bulletin Pathé