The Madwoman of Chaillot

Drama about a woman who, together with three of her friends, decides to foil a plot to drill for oil under the streets of Paris. The men responsible for the plan are lured to her basement, where, in a kangaroo court, they are found guilty and sentenced to death., Adapted from the play La Folle de Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux, Madwoman of Chaillot focuses on a plot to drill for oil in Paris. Countess Aurelia (Katharine Hepburn) uncovers the plan and decides to trap the perpetrators by announcing she has discovered oil herself., An eccentric Parisian woman’s optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the rather traditional beliefs of others., A group of Parisian eccentrics rally to save their city from avaricious industrialists. Based on the stage play by Jean Giraudoux.