Les Contes de La rue Broca. Fascinating tv series adapting Pierre Gripari’s novel of the same name. A series of fairy tales set in different time periods. All told by the author himself to his 3 friends: the grocery store owner Papa Saïd and his kids Nadia and Bashir 
In the witch of the broom closet fairy tale, Pierre recounts to his 3 friends how he bought a house for 5 francs when he was a kid. A villa set in Paris. A cosy location though with a strange history as he found out. Indeed, the place is cursed by the witch of the broom closet.
As Pierre learns from the seller, anybody who says in the 🏠 the phrase “Witch, Witch Witch, beware your big fat butt.” shall anger the witch who shall devour its teller. At first, Pierre says the phrase 😂 outside the 🏠 . Until one day he says it in the house by accident.😨
Out of generosity as Pierre begs for his life, the witch offers him a bet. For 3 evenings, he must ask her 2 give him something that she cannot bring forth. If only once she fails to summon an object he wishes, she shall leave him alone. Other wise, she shall eat him.
Interestingly, Pierre the storyteller introduces Nadia & Bashir into thr story. As friends to whom he asks help 4 wishing things the 🧙🏻♀️ cannot bring forth. Begging Bashir’s magical 🐠 2 answer his questions. brilliant narrative tool that implicates Pierre’s friends & surroundings
In its story, the witch of the broom closet is a fascinating episode that builds well its tension of a house cursed by a witch Haunting a closet every evening. Waiting for someone to say the ill-advised phrase. Tension well displayed in the camera angles and the design.
In the cast, Yves Barsacq who did the inventor in Michel Ocelot’s Cinesi and Tales of The night and dragon and Princesses, does the voice of papa Sahid, the grocery 🏬 owner. As an actor, he also did Rimsky in Woody Allen’s Love & Death, & Dupont in the 1990s Tintin series.
In its composition, the story is very well written. With memorable moments and scenes. Built upon a clever twist at the end regarding the one object that the witch cannot bring forth. Something related to 🐸 and hair.
Based upon Claude Lapointe’s illustrations for the 1990 book release of Les Contes de la Rue Broca, the witch of the broom closet is a classic that was adapted into an opera. A gr8 story part of French literature. And a good tv adaptation.
4 excellent images in the episode The Witch of the Broom closet.
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