"The life and times of the famous French writer Guy de Maupassant."
Claude Brasseur
as Guy de Maupassant
Jean Carmet
as François
Miou-Miou
as Gisèle d'Estoc
Simone Signoret
as Maupassant's mother
Véronique Genest
as Fanny
Jacques Fabbri
as Daremberg
Anne-Marie Philipe
as Comtesse Potocka
Daniel Gélin
as Gustave
Jean-Yves Gautier
as Dorchain
Anne Deleuze
as Princesse Polignac
William Sabatier
as Docteur Blanche
Catherine Frot
as Mouche
Michel Drach
Writer
Philippe Rousselot
Director of Photography
Philippe Madral
Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko
Production Design
Director
Georges Delerue
Music
Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle
Costume Design
