Charles Dead or Alive (1972)

On the 100th anniversary of the founding of a watchmaking company in Geneva Charles Dé the founders 50yearold grandson has had it he speaks eccentrically to a reporter recognizing his grandfather as a craftsman and his son as a businessman but is evasive about himself He gives his family the slip and moves in with a young couple he meets by chance doing the cooking reading drinking and engaging in philosophical discussions with them The young couple comes to love Charles In secret he stays in touch with a daughter and the rest of the family hires a private investigator to find him setting in motion a business takeover that threatens his Bohemian happiness