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Biography Amédée Barbey D'Aurevilly French Tales & Novels from the 19th Century Happiness in Crime (Le Bonheur dans le Crime, 2009) Adapted from: The Diabolical Women by Jules Amédée Barbey D'Aurevilly Director: Dennis Malleval Presentation: Eurochannel offers a journey through time in search of treasured French literature of the 19th century. The most illustrious writers are present: Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, Emile Zola, etc..., adapted, in costume, with the set and the music of that era by one of the best French directors and portrayed by the greatest French actors such as Marie-Anne Chazel, Didier Bourdon, Samuel Le Bihan, and Regis Laspalès Synopsis: Stassin taught the gentlemen of the region the art of the sword from an early age, with the help of her very beautiful daughter, Claire. The Count Of Savigny, newly married to the fragile Delphine, must have a sword fight with Claire. A mutual passion is born from this meeting. The lovers then imagine an evil plan to get rid of the annoying wife. After they commit their crimes, they feel neither remorse nor guilt. It is a strange feeling of happiness in a crime... Trivia: • Adapted from a story by Jules Amédée Barbey D'Aurevilly(1808 -1889), French writer wrote the famous book, The Diabolical Women. |
