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
