Series and TV films Dramedy
Chez Maupassant
2007
Sous-titres : Français Espagnol Roumain Anglais Allemand Arabe
TV adaptation of stories and short stories by Guy de Maupassant.
Series and TV films | Dramedy
Episode 1
59 min
Story of a farm girl
A young girl farmhand falls pregnant. She hides her condition from her master, gives birth in secret and entrusts the baby to friends. Henceforth, she will have to work very hard to support her secret son. Her master, far from increasing her pay, forces her to marry him.
Episode 2
29 min
The Necklace
Wishing to sparkle for the space of an evening out, the wife of a modest ministry worker borrows a diamond necklace from a friend. But, on the way home, she loses it. The couple decides not to say anything and break the bank to buy an identical jewel.
Episode 3
59 min
The Legacy
The clerk Cachelin has pushed his daughter, sole heiress of a wealthy aunt, to marry one of his ministry colleagues. The money will only come to the young woman if a child is born within three years. Given the urgency, Cachelin pushes his daughter into the arms of another colleague.
Episode 4
30 min
Two Friends
During the German occupation of 1870, two friends, nostalgic for their pre-war fishing outings, manage to avoid the blockades to go fishing. But they are discovered by the Prussians, who accuse them of spying.
Episode 5
60 min
Father Amable
The young farmer Césaire weds Céleste against the wishes of his father, Amable. All winter, Césaire works like a Trojan to support his homestead. He eventually dies, leaving his father Amable and Céleste alone together.
Episode 1
55 min
Le rosier de madame Husson
Madame Husson, a bigoted widow, respectable and rich, has decided to crown the "rosière": the most virtuous girl from Gisors. But she finds nobody to crown, except for Isidore, the son of the fruit seller, a simple and candid young man.
Episode 2
28 min
L'ami Joseph
In their castle at Tourbeville, Mr. and Mrs. de Méroul receive Joseph Mouradour, a republican, a former friend of Mr Méroul. This friend moves into their home. Instead of kicking him out, Mr. and Mrs. Méroul claim to have to take a trip and leave the opportunist to occupy their home...
Episode 3
56 min
Aux champs
Two very poor peasant families, the Tuvache and Vallin families, live in neighbouring houses. A rich woman from the city who cannot have children, offers to buy the Tuvache family's youngest son. They refuse. She makes the same offer to the Vallin family, who agree...
Episode 4
27 min
Le petit fût
Old mother Magloire stubbornly refuses to sell her farm to Master Chicot, the innkeeper from Epreville. But when he offers to pay her a monthly allowance until her death, she ends up agreeing. After three years she is in perfect health. Then Master Chicot gives her a little barrel...
Episode 5
59 min
Ce cochon de Morin
In a train compartment, Morin, a haberdasher from La Rochelle, takes a chance and kisses a young girl, Henriette. Morin is arrested immediately. To help his friend, the journalist Labarbe goes to see Henriette's uncle in the hopes of convincing him to withdraw his complaint.
Episode 1
55 min
A country excursion
For his wife's birthday, Mr Dufour treats her to lunch at a waterside restaurant with their daughter and apprentice. Two boaters offer to take the young lady and her mother for a boat ride. They accept and fall under their charm...
Episode 2
57 min
Yvette
Coming from a very humble background, wife of a worker killed in a demonstration, Virgine becomes Marchioness Obardi, one of the major courtesans in Paris. She has a daughter with her late husband, Yvette, aged 18. Unlike her mother, Yvette just wants a simple life...
Episode 3
30 min
My Uncle Sosthène
Good Friday. Sosthène, a freemason, goes to bed drunk after celebrating the whole evening. His nephew Gaston has the funny idea of summoning an old Jesuit, Sosthène's sworn enemy, on the pretence that he is dying. He tries to convert him during the night.
Episode 4
30 min
With the family
Mr Caravan lives with his wife and his mother. When his mother dies suddenly, he is truly sad. His wife thinks of nothing but the inheritance and immediately takes the furniture from the deceased's bedroom. But is she really dead?
Episode 5
29 min
Old man
Chicot's father-in-law is in agony. Chicot is foresighted and starts to prepare the burial which he plans for the following day. He visits the neighbouring farms to announce the death. But hours, then days go by and the "old man" has still not died...
TV adaptation of stories and short stories by Guy de Maupassant.
Eva, twenty-something, lands a job as a chambermaid in a prestigious Parisian hotel. Her colleagues are a close-knit team of strong characters. She also discovers the reality of this world where the client is king. When a social movement begins to take root, each employee has a choice to make.
Two powerful men are at war and are settling their scores through the gunfire of stock options, financial plots and takeovers. Léonard is the son of one of these businessmen and wants to prove his abilities. We also meet an heir, two kings, a chamberlain, a madman and a commoner.
Natacha, a single mother, is having trouble making ends meet. Walid, a migrant from Iraq, is also struggling to survive. He is trying to save enough money to pay for his passage to England. Exhausted but desperate for hope, they join forces to launch an amateurish channel of clandestine passengers.
When invited to his cousin Irwin Moyneux's house Archibald Soper, Bishop of Bedford, rigorously denounces the novels of successful author Félix Chapel. He doesn't know that in reality behind the pseudonym hides... his host! Intrigued by the absence of Margaret, Irwin's wife, he deduces that she has been assassinated.
