Overview

The short stories of Guy de Maupassant enjoyed a renaissance in the early 1950s, thanks in great part to the Max Ophuls production Le Plaisir. In Trois Femmes, three De Maupassant stories are dramatized, each conveying the central theme of women falling in love. In the first, a black female carnival entertainer causes an uproar when she falls in love with a white soldier. In the second, a young bride is pressured into having a baby to collect a huge inheritance. And in the final episode, a pregnant girl is "adopted" and protected by a small circle of friends. In standard De Maupassant fashion, each of the three stories in Trois Femmes is capped by a surprise twist.

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Cast

Marcelle Arnold

The Englishwoman (segment "Mouche")

Michel Bouquet

Monsieur Lesable (segment "Zora")

Betty Daussmond

Aunt Charlotte (segment "Coralie")

Moune de Rivel

Zora (segment "Zora")

Luc Andrieux

An employee (segment "Coralie")

Madeleine Barbulée

(segment "Coralie")

Georges Chamarat

Boissel (segment "Mouche")

Henri Coutet

Gérard Darrieu

A hussar (segment "Mouche")

Roland Dubillard

An office boy (segment "Coralie")

Jacques Duby

Antoine Boitelle (segment "Zora")

Catherine Erard

Mouche (segment "Mouche")