Le Fabuleux destin de Madame Petlet (1995)
Directed by Camille de Casabianca

Comedy
aka: Madame Petlet's True Story

Film Synopsis

Madame Petlet, a redoutable woman of about fifty, leaves her small town in the Auvergne and takes up a position in Paris as child minder to Nathalie Reyter, a television scriptwriter. Having run short of ideas, Nathalie decides to plunder Madame Petlet's life story for her next TV series...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Camille de Casabianca
  • Script: Camille de Casabianca
  • Cinematographer: Patrick Blossier
  • Music: Jorge Arriagada
  • Cast: Maïté (Janine Petlet), Camille de Casabianca (Nathalie Reyter), Jean-Pierre Darroussin (Hervé Reyter), Michèle Laroque (Marcie), Richard Guedj (Robert Petlet), Gérard Hernandez (Sammy), Isabelle Olive (Christelle Petlet), Eric Seigne (Mickaël Petlet), Jean Laurens (Nestor Reyter), Pascal Metge (Le technicien vidéo), Julien Cafaro (L'assistant de Marcie), Zazie Delem (L'hôtesse), Frankie Pain (La postière de Cusset), Serge Baillet, Charles Berling, Elsa Chabrol, Deddy Dugay, Mathe Duroux, Jean-Michel Farcy, Franck Jazédé
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Aka: Madame Petlet's True Story

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