Chez Maupassant

Season 1

8 episodes · Mar 6, 2007

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  • Story of a farm girl
    S1E1

    Story of a farm girl

    Mar 6, 200760m

    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.

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  • The Necklace
    S1E2

    The Necklace

    Mar 6, 200730m

    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.

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  • The Legacy
    S1E3

    The Legacy

    Mar 13, 200760m

    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.

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  • Two Friends
    S1E4

    Two Friends

    Mar 13, 200730m

    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.

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  • Father Amable
    S1E5

    Father Amable

    Mar 20, 200760m

    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.

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  • Hautot senior and Hautot junior
    S1E6

    Hautot senior and Hautot junior

    Mar 20, 200730m

    Hautot senior is gravely injured while out hunting. With his dying breath, he reveals to his son that he has had a secret relationship with a young seamstress for several years and asks him to watch over her.

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  • Miss Harriet
    S1E7

    Miss Harriet

    Mar 27, 200760m

    An artist shows his friends a painting from his youth which plunges him back into the past. A chance encounter led him to meet an English spinster called Miss Harriet. The lady was initially very unapproachable but slowly let down her defences in the company of the young painter.

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  • Toine
    S1E8

    Toine

    Mar 27, 200730m

    An innkeeper with an excessive taste for food and wine suffers from a seizure that leaves him bed-ridden. His wife, seeing him become useless, forces him to incubate eggs in front of all his friends.

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