Seasons & Episodes
Story of a farm girl
A young girl farmhand falls pregnant. She hides her condition from her master, gives birth in secret and entrusts the ba
The Necklace
Wishing to sparkle for the space of an evening out, the wife of a modest ministry worker borrows a diamond necklace from
The Legacy
The clerk Cachelin has pushed his daughter, sole heiress of a wealthy aunt, to marry one of his ministry colleagues. The
Two Friends
During the German occupation of 1870, two friends, nostalgic for their pre-war fishing outings, manage to avoid the bloc
Father Amable
The young farmer Césaire weds Céleste against the wishes of his father, Amable. All winter, Césaire works like a Troj
Hautot senior and Hautot junior
Hautot senior is gravely injured while out hunting. With his dying breath, he reveals to his son that he has had a secre
Miss Harriet
An artist shows his friends a painting from his youth which plunges him back into the past. A chance encounter led him t
Toine
An innkeeper with an excessive taste for food and wine suffers from a seizure that leaves him bed-ridden. His wife, seei
Episode 1
Madame Husson, a bigoted widow, respectable and rich, has decided to crown the "rosière": the most virtuous girl from G
Episode 2
Episode 3
Two very poor peasant families, the Tuvache and Vallin families, live in neighbouring houses. A rich woman from the city
Episode 4
Old mother Magloire stubbornly refuses to sell her farm to Master Chicot, the innkeeper from Epreville. But when he offe
Episode 5
In a train compartment, Morin, a haberdasher from La Rochelle, takes a chance and kisses a young girl, Henriette. Morin
Episode 6
Master Saval goes to Paris to attend an opera. In a restaurant he meets the painter Romantin, who invites him to a party
Episode 7
Marguerite leads an apparently blameless life with her husband, a magistrate, who for a long time has no longer been att
Episode 8
The Count of Sallure has just ended his relationship with his mistress and has had a jealous scene with his wife. She ac
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