Program Sheet

CHEZ MAUPASSANT

Televised adaptation of tales and short stories by Guy de Maupassant.

The case of Madame Luneau

Madame Luneau is taken to court by Hippolyte Lacour, contacted by the widow so that she may have a child, except that the payment he was promised never materialised! Madame Luneau alleges that the child is not his and that she took several lovers to ensure the result...

Directed by: Philippe Bérenger, 2010
Screenplay, adaptation, dialogues: Gérard Jourd'hui, Jacques Santamaria, based on Guy de Maupassant
Cast: Julie Ferrier (madame Luneau), Philippe Chevallier (Hippolyte Lacour), Judith Henry (Émeline Bouchet), Odile Roire (Mrs Lacour), Christophe Bourseiller (Maître Grappe), Thomas Chabrol (the judge)