Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Catherine Frot
Odette Toulemonde
Lead
Albert Dupontel
Balthazar Balsan
Jacques Weber
Olaf Pims
FM
Fabrice Murgia
Rudy
ND
Nina Drecq
Sue Ellen
Camille Japy
Nadine
Alain Doutey
Verleger
Julien Frison
Francois
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Odette Toulemonde is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
