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The film premiered at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or, but lost to the tying The Birds, the Bees and the Italians and A Man and a Woman. [5] It was released in France by United Artists on 3 June, and in the United Kingdom on 12 January of the following year.
Madamigella di Maupin is a 1966 Italian adventure film directed by Mauro Bolognini. [1] It is loosely based on the life of Mademoiselle de Maupin and the novel with the same name by Théophile Gautier .
Lady J (French: Mademoiselle de Joncquières) is a 2018 French period drama film directed by Emmanuel Mouret and inspired by a story in Denis Diderot's novel Jacques the Fatalist, [2] which had already been adapted in 1945 for the film Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne by Robert Bresson.
Mademoiselle from Paris (French: Mademoiselle de Paris) is a 1955 French comedy film directed by Walter Kapps and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gisèle Pascal and Nadine Basile. The film was one of several films set in the work of high fashion made during the decade, popularising the New Look of Christian Dior. [1] It was shot using Eastmancolor.
Agnes of Nothing (French: Agnès de rien) is a 1950 French drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Danièle Delorme, Yvonne de Bray and Paul Meurisse. [1] [2] It is based on the novel of the same title by Germaine Beaumont. [3] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond ...
Madeleine de Scudéry (French pronunciation: [madlɛn də skydeʁi]; 15 November 1607 – 2 June 1701), often known simply as Mademoiselle de Scudéry ([madmwazɛl də skydeʁi]), was a French writer. Her works also demonstrate such comprehensive knowledge of ancient history that it is suspected she had received instruction in Greek and Latin. [1]
Guy de Maupassant "Mademoiselle Fifi" is a short story by French writer Guy de Maupassant, published in 1882 in a collection of the same title.Like many of his short stories, such as Boule de Suif and Deux Amis, the story is set during the Franco-Prussian War and explores themes of class barriers, contrasts between the French and German participants, and the pointlessness of the war.
In the second story, Diderot recounts the history of Gardeil and Mademoiselle de la Chaux. Out of love for him, Mademoiselle de la Chaux abandons all – her honor, her fortune, her family – to be with Gardeil. Somehow or other, they live happily. Gardeil, a translator by trade, works until he is no longer able.