Tuesday, March 4, 2025 - Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Considered the father of the modern short story and one of the greatest French writers of the nineteenth century, Guy de Maupassant, in his short life, authored an astounding number of works, beloved by readers for their twists and turns, that proved remarkably rich material for film adaptations. In conjunction with Isabelle Huppert’s staged reading of seven stories by de Maupassant, performed live at L’Alliance New York on March 3rd, we present a small selection of the master’s tales on film.
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Ophüls takes on the oft-adapted Guy de Maupassant, presenting three of his tales addressing the pitfalls of pleasure that can accompany aging, distance, boredom, and obsession, and featuring a cast of French acting royalty that includes Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, and Simone Simon, all wondrously captured by the director’s characteristically ever-roaming camera. 35mm print courtesy of Institut Français.
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Adapted from de Maupassant’s novella of the same name, a delicate family drama of an unhappy marriage, the arrival of a possible new love, and the confused parentage that tends to result. Directed by André Cayette (Anatomy of a Marriage) whose work continues to offer revelations long underseen in the US.
Une Vie
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
In Alexandre Astruc’s bleak, painterly period drama, adapted from Guy de Maupassant’s debut 1883 novel, starry-eyed aristocrat Jeanne (Maria Schell) is so smitten with the fetching yet destitute Julien (Christian Marquand) that it takes many years and a child together to see that the philandering scoundrel was just after her money. 35mm print courtesy of Institut Français.
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