A sober and skilled new baker in a Provençal village. Devastated when his wife Aurélie elopes with a shepherd, he initially tries to hide her disappearance, gets drunk, and attempts suicide. Saved by reconciled villagers, he eventually reconciles with Aurélie after she returns, using their cats as emotional proxies before they relight the bakery oven together.
Aimable seeks spiritual guidance and shares his marital crisis with the priest.
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