Chez Maupassant

Chez Maupassant
GenreDrama
Created by
Based onshort stories by Guy de Maupassant
Country of originFrance
Original languageFrench
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes24
Production
Running time
    • 12 × 30 minutes
    • 12 × 60 minutes
Original release
NetworkFrance 2
Release6 March 2007 (2007-03-06) –
18 May 2011 (2011-05-18)

Chez Maupassant is a French anthology television series based on short stories by Guy de Maupassant. Created by Gérard Jourd'hui [fr] and Gaëlle Girre, it ran on France 2 in three seasons in 2007, 2008 and 2011. It consists of a total of 24 episodes of which half are 60 minutes long and half are 30 minutes.[1][2] The first series averaged more than seven million viewers, which made it an unexpected success.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Griffith, Kate; Watts, Andrew (2013). "Chez Maupassant: The (In) Visible Space of Television Adaptation". Adapting Nineteenth-Century France: Literature in Film, Theatre, Television, Radio and Print. University of Wales Press. pp. 143–171. JSTOR j.ctt9qhk6q.10.
  2. ^ "Chez Maupassant". Première (in French). Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  3. ^ "'Maupassant' a hit with France". Variety. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
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