Odette Toulemonde
2007•6•1h 40m•5.7•Released
ComedyDrama
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.
Director
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Writer
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Languages
French
Studio
Bel Ombre Films
Cast
Catherine Frot
Odette Toulemonde
Albert Dupontel
Balthazar Balsan
Jacques Weber
Olaf Pims
Fabrice Murgia
Rudy
Nina Drecq
Sue Ellen
Camille Japy
Nadine
Alain Doutey
Verleger
Julien Frison
Francois
Laurence d'Amelio
Isabelle
Production
Company
Bel Ombre Films
Company
Antigone Cinéma
Company
Pathé Renn Productions
Company
TF1 Films Production
Company
Les Films de l'Etang
Company
RTBF
Producer
Gaspard de Chavagnac
Producer
Alain-Gilles Viellevoye
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