How does The Cabbage Soup end?

In the final act ("Final Departure & New Beginning"): Broken by the town's hostility, Claude accepts the alien's invitation. After a final stop to send gold away, the friends depart for Oxo.

The Cabbage Soup (1981) — AI Story Visualization

Name: The Cabbage Soup
Genre: comedy, science-fiction
Released: 1981
Rating: 6.4

Plot Analysis Summary

Two isolated old men navigate supernatural encounters and urban encroachment before choosing an interstellar exile.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

Rural Isolation & Alien Contact

Supernatural Gifts & Tragedy

Urban Encroachment & Ridicule

Final Departure & New Beginning

Two buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.

Directed by

Jean Girault

Key Cast

Louis de Funès — Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)
Jean Carmet — Francis Chérasse (Le Bombé)
Jacques Villeret — L'Oxien (La Denrée)
Christine Dejoux — Francine
Claude Gensac — Amelie Poulangeard

Rating: 6.4/10 (944 votes)