Chez Maupassant (2007)
- Genre
- comedy
- Country
- France
- Length
- 3 seasons, 24 episodes
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Each episode adapts a short story by Guy de Maupassant, often focusing on the desires, disappointments, and hypocrisies of ordinary people in 19th century France. The tone varies from tragic to satirical, always grounded in the author's sharp observations of human nature.
dramaticmelancholicironicslow-burnperiodcharacter-drivenunsettlingatmospheric
What happens
Chez Maupassant is a French anthology television series based on short stories by Guy de Maupassant. Created by Gérard Jourd'hui and Gaëlle Girre, it ran on France 2 in three seasons in 2007, 2008 and 2011. It consists of a total of 24 episodes of which half are 60 minutes long and half are 30 minutes. The first series averaged more than seven million viewers, which made it an unexpected success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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