Vent-du-soir, ou L’horrible festin

About the show

On an Oceanic island, chief Vent-du-soir entertains neighboring chief Lapin-courageux after each has eaten the other’s wife. Vent-du-soir’s daughter Atala loves shipwrecked hairdresser Arthur. Vent-du-soir plans to sacrifice Arthur, but Lapin-courageux hears the musical watch of his lost son in the meal. Arthur had hidden in a bear skin, and they had eaten the bear instead; Atala and Arthur can marry.