Katharine Hepburn
Countess Aurelia
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The Madwoman of Chaillot (French: La Folle de Chaillot) is a play, a poetic satire, by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, written in 1943 and first performed in 1945, after his death. The play is in two acts.
The Madwoman of Chaillot is a 1969 American satirical film made by Commonwealth United Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. [1] It was directed by Bryan Forbes and produced by Ely A. Landau with Anthony B. Unger as associate producer. [2]
With Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer, Claude Dauphin, Edith Evans. Nice, eccentric, idealistic and slightly mad Countess Aurelia, who believes that the good must prevail over evil, decides to stand up to corrupt powerful leaders of Paris by putting them on trial with 'unwashed masses' as the jury.
If “The Madwoman of Chaillot” is relevant at all, it’s in its irrelevance. The notion of an old woman who is naively committed to justice, and who hopes to bring down a gang of international thieves all by herself, is charming, only so long as we protect it from the logic of the real world.
Countess Aurelia lives in the Chaillot district of Paris where she and her three friends, Constance, Gabrielle, and Josephine, indulge in their fantasies of life in the past. In a cafe near the countess' home, an international conspiracy is being formed by a group of financiers, military men, and a religious opportunist to drill for oil beneath ...
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Complete summary of Jean Giraudoux's The Madwoman of Chaillot. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Madwoman of Chaillot.
