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Madame Petlet's True Story (1995)

Madame Petlet's True Story (1995)

Comedy
Release Date: 1995, July 12
Directors: Camille de Casabianca
Countries: France
Production: Felix Films
Cast: Gérard Hernandez, Zazie Delem, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Hiro Uchiyama, Richard Guedj, Michèle Laroque, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Bernard Montiel, Masaru Aoyama, Philippe Hérisson, Julien Cafaro, Éric Seigne

Overview:

In this mainstream French comedy, a television writer creates a hit series based on the experiences of her housekeeper. The writer Nathalie does this in desperation as she has a deadline and is utterly blocked. She goes to Petlet and begins transcribing her memories of the lively goings on in her rural home village. Each memory is an episode in itself, and the show becomes a smash hit, but when Petlet realizes that her boss has been cashing on her life stories and taking all the credit, she gets angry and quits leaving Nathalie with no maid and no one to watch her children. Later Petlet's adult children demand that their mother return to demand credit and a piece of the action. But Petlet remains undecided.