Film

Madame Petlet's True Story

1995 · 1h 30m · Comedy

IMDb

6.1

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.

Maïté

Janine Petlet

Camille de Casabianca

Nathalie Reyter

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Hervé Reyter

Michèle Laroque

Marcie

Richard Guedj

Robert Petlet

Gérard Hernandez

Sammy

Bernard Montiel

Le journaliste

Éric Seigne

Mickaël Petlet

Julien Cafaro

L'assistant de Marcie

Franck Jazédé

Cédric

Hiro Uchiyama

Reporter japonais

Masaru Aoyama

Reporter japonais

Zazie Delem

L'hôtesse

Philippe Hérisson

Client de la boulangerie

Isabelle Olive

Christelle Petlet

Pascal Metge

Le technicien vidéo

• Camille de CasabiancaDirector

Release date

July 12, 1995

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Comedy