Monsieur Naphtali

Monsieur Naphtali is a goodnatured but somewhat feeble older man turned away from the rest home where he lives In search of a place to stay he finds his way to Paris where a woman taking surveys takes pity on him and brings him home for a meal and a bed for the night Naphtali finds himself spending the evening with the survey woman her brother who works in publishing his lovely but unhappy wife an alcoholic doctor and his wife an illtempered judge In a simple and unpretentious manner Naphtali forces them all to open up about themselves and discuss elements of their lives that they usually prefer to avoid