Film
Three Women
1952 · 104 min · Dir. André Michel
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.
Starring
Marcelle Arnold
The Englishwoman
Michel Bouquet
Monsieur Lesable (segment "Zora")
Betty Daussmond
Aunt Charlotte
Moune de Rivel
Zora (segment "Zora")
Agnès Delahaie
Coralie Cachelin (segment "Héritage, L'")
Luc Andrieux
An employee
Madeleine Barbulée
Claude Castaing
Georges Chamarat
Boisse
Henri Coutet
Cécile Damien
Gérard Darrieu
A hussar
Blanche Denège
Roland Dubillard
An office boy
Jacques Duby
Antoine Boitelle (segment "Zora")
Jacqueline Duc
Julie
Catherine Erard
Mouche (segment "Mouche")
Jacques Fabbri
Albert (segment "Mouche")