PLOT (read the text by Giono.  Here is the bone dry version):

A new baker comes to town with his wife, the former one having committed suicide.  The baker is
The Baker’s wife is seduced by (or seduces ?) the shepherd and disappears with him.  The baker stops baking bread.
The entire town joins forces to bring the baker’s wife back so he starts baking bread again. The baker’s wife returns, repentant.  The men and women of the village do not point the finger at her and welcome her back as if nothing had ever happened (except perhaps for the old spinster and the priest whose criticism is subdued by the villagers).  The baker forgives and bakes again.  The village rejoices.

CHARACTERS:

The Baker, Aimable (translation:  pleasant, agreeable, lovable)
The Baker’s wife , Aurélie

The Marquis
The priest
The school teacher (lay)

The men  (Maillefer – storyteller cf. Giono?)  and
The women  of the village
 

THEMES:

Family feuds / Solidarity
Faithfulness / infidelity
SOCIAL PRESSURES / CHAOS
Suicide / shame or chagrin?
Generosity / Forgiveness / Unconditional love
Nature

SYMBOLS:

Bread (life, love)
Shade of the tree (discord, disagreements)
The cat  (a hunter, a wanderer, a flirt?)
The horns (wife’s infidelity)

web sites on The Baker's Wife:
http://www.kino.com/video/item.php?film_id=623
http://www.inblackandwhite.com/FrenchFilmsv2.0/Films/bakers_wife.html
http://web.uvic.ca/french/courses/french389a/films-boulanger.htm