19 episodes of French people screaming at doors and it's somehow art?
Season 2 • Episode 7
LatestSeries based on the short French farces written by Georges Feydeau, Eugène Labiche, Marc Michel and Sacha Guitry. All of them include mistaken identities and impeccable timing.
Writing
Feydeau's clockwork plotting still hums
Production
Period sets that breathe money and anxiety
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Feydeau's 'bedroom farce' template dominated French theatre for decades; this 1968 adaptation arrived as that tradition was being questioned by New Wave cinema.
Sacha Guitry, one source playwright, was himself a theatrical legend who directed and acted in over 120 films—often playing himself.
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