Three Women

Three Women (1952)

Comedy

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.

Director: André Michel

Casts

	Marcelle Arnold as The Englishwoman (segment "Mouche")
	Michel Bouquet as Monsieur Lesable (segment "Zora")
	Betty Daussmond as Aunt Charlotte (segment "Coralie")
	Moune de Rivel as Zora (segment "Zora")
	Agnès Delahaie as Coralie Cachelin (segment "Héritage, L'")
	Luc Andrieux as An employee (segment "Coralie")
	Madeleine Barbulée as (segment "Coralie")
	Claude Castaing as
	Georges Chamarat as Boissel (segment "Mouche")
	Henri Coutet as
	Cécile Damien as
	Gérard Darrieu as A hussar (segment "Mouche")
	Blanche Denège as
	Roland Dubillard as An office boy (segment "Coralie")
	Jacques Duby as Antoine Boitelle (segment "Zora")
	Jacqueline Duc as Julie (segment "Mouche")
	Catherine Erard as Mouche (segment "Mouche")
	Jacques Fabbri as Albert (segment "Mouche")
	Bernard Farrel as
	Guy Favières as Father Savon (segment "Coralie")
	Florelle as The usherette
	Jacques François as Horace (segment "Mouche")
	René Lefèvre as Monsieur Cachelin (segment "Coralie")
	Marcel Lupovici as Captain Bouffard (segment "Zora")
	Rodolphe Marcilly as An office boy (segment "Coralie")
	Maryse Martin as Mother Boitelle (segment "Zora")
	Franck Maurice as
	Jean Mercure as (segment "Coralie")
	Anne Moran as Prudence
	André Moreau as The innkeeper (segment "Mouche")
	Marcel Mouloudji as Raoul (segment "Mouche")
	Bernard Noël as Monsieur Maze (segment "Coralie")
	Pierre Olaf as "P'tit bleu" (segment "Mouche")
	Jean Ozenne as The notary (segment "Coralie")
	Maryse Paillet as The maid (segment "Coralie")
	Pierre Palau as Monsieur Torcheboeuf (segment "Coralie")
	Raymond Pellegrin as Julien (segment "Mouche")
	Sarah Rafale as
	Max Rogerys as Marcello (segment "Mouche")
	Jean-Pierre Serreau as An employee (segment "Coralie")
	Germaine Stainval as
	Rosy Varte as Paméla (segment "Coralie")
	Julien Verdier as Father Boitelle (segment "Zora")
	Serge Witta as
	Yvonne Yma as The cousin (segment "Zora")

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