FILM SCREENINGS

Unusual Stories: Monsieur Bébé

1973. France. Directed by Claude Chabrol. Screenplay by Roger Granier, based on the novel by Julio Cortázar. With Denise Gence, Marc Doelnitz, Daniel Ollie. Episode of the television miniseries Unusual Stories. In this extreme yet devastating testament to the loneliness of human existence, an older domestic woman, heartbreakingly rendered by Gence, is approached in the kitchen after a party by a young, gay man seeking affection. She is later offered money to act as his mother and becomes emotionally involved in a milieu unfamiliar to her. French; English sutitles. 53 min.