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
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Director, Screenplay
Philippe Bourgueil
Editor
Carlo Varini
Director of Photography
Olivier Rausin
Executive Producer
Alexandre Lippens
Executive Producer
Geneviève Lemal
Executive Producer
Gaspard de Chavagnac
Producer
Alain-Gilles Viellevoye
Producer
Anne-Dominique Toussaint
Co-Producer
Romain Le Grand
Co-Producer
François Chauvaud
Production Design
Gerda Diddens
Casting
Bruno Delahaye
Casting
Corinne Jorry
Costume Design
Anne Moralis
Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
Rebecca Flores
Makeup Artist
Philippe Vandendriessche
Sound Designer
Jonathan Liebling
Foley Artist
Nicola Piovani
Original Music Composer
Philippe Saal
Production Manager
Bruno Metzger
Art Direction
