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.
Philippe Vandendriessche | Sound Designer |
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt | Director |
Corinne Jorry | Costume Design |
Philippe Bourgueil | Editor |
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt | Screenplay |
Gaspard de Chavagnac | Producer |
Carlo Varini | Director of Photography |
Bruno Metzger | Art Direction |
Philippe Saal | Production Manager |
Nicola Piovani | Original Music Composer |