Summary
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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Credits
- Director: Camille de Casabianca
- Script: Camille de Casabianca
- Photo: 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 Laurence (Nestor Reyter)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 90 min
- Aka: Madame Petlet’s True Story
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