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Burgundy 1728. Old count Antoine d'Eon is overjoyed. His daughter-in-law has finally given birth to a boy and he will at long last be able to transmit his inheritance to his son Pascal. At least this is what he thinks, for Pascal has concealed from his father the fact that his son was ... a daughter, his eighth daughter! Well, enough is enough and Geneviève has no other choice but become a boy first, then a soldier and even the special envoy of Louis XV, King of France, to Catherine II, the Czarina of Russia.
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Montparnasse, el barrio bohemio de París, está lleno de artistas que aspiran a triunfar, aunque muy pocos lo consiguen. En 1919 vivía allí el pintor italiano Modigliani, que arrastraba una miserable y tormentosa existencia, ya que su arte no era comprendido y su único consuelo era el alcohol y las mujeres. Siempre enfermo y borracho, su vida se dividía entre una tabernera y una rica inglesa que le proporcionaba opio y pagaba sus facturas. Una mañana en la academia de dibujo, conoció a Jeanne, una joven burguesa, de la que enamoró inmediatamente. Decidido a emprender una nueva vida, le propuso que se fuera a vivir con él.
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Squarcio, un pobre pescador italiano (Yves Montand) trata de sacar adelante a su familia practicando la pesca con dinamita - lanzando granadas al agua para capturar el marisco-. Desgraciadamente, llega al pueblo un nuevo jefe de la Guardia Costera, que está decidido a acabar con esa ilegal forma de pesca.
The short stories of Guy de Maupassant enjoyed a renaissance in the early 1950s, thanks in great part to the Max Ophuls production Le Plaisir. In Trois Femmes, three De Maupassant stories are dramatized, each conveying the central theme of women falling in love. In the first, a black female carnival entertainer causes an uproar when she falls in love with a white soldier. In the second, a young bride is pressured into having a baby to collect a huge inheritance. And in the final episode, a pregnant girl is "adopted" and protected by a small circle of friends. In standard De Maupassant fashion, each of the three stories in Trois Femmes is capped by a surprise twist.
