Synopsis
Objectively, Odette Toulemonde has nothing to be happy about, but is. Balthazar Balsan has everything to be happy about, but isn’t. Odette, awkwardly forty, with a delightful hairdresser son and a daughter bogged down in adolescence, spends her days behind the cosmetic’s counter in a department store and her nights sewing feathers on costumes for Parisian variety shows. She dreams of thanking Balthazar Balsan, her favorite author, to whom – she believes – she owes her optimism. The rich and charming Parisian writer then turns up in her life in an unexpected way.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
146 audience votes
Key crew
- Éric-Emmanuel SchmittDirector
- Éric-Emmanuel SchmittScreenplay
- Nicola PiovaniOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Catherine FrotOdette Toulemonde
- Albert DupontelBalthazar Balsan
- Jacques WeberOlaf Pims
- Fabrice MurgiaRudy
- Nina DrecqSue Ellen
- Camille JapyNadine
- Alain DouteyVerleger
- Julien FrisonFrancois
- Laurence d'AmelioIsabelle
Stills
Themes
new lovebased on novel or bookparent child relationshipdepartment storeunexpected happinessdoorclosing timefateauthor