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.
Camera | Carlo Varini | Director of Photography |
Writing | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt | Screenplay |
Directing | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt | Director |
Sound | Nicola Piovani | Original Music Composer |
Costume & Make-Up | Corinne Jorry | Costume Design |
Production | Gaspard de Chavagnac | Producer |
Editing | Philippe Bourgueil | Editor |
Sound | Philippe Vandendriessche | Sound Designer |
Production | Anne-Dominique Toussaint | Co-Producer |
Art | François Chauvaud | Production Design |
Production | Bruno Delahaye | Casting |
Production | Romain Le Grand | Co-Producer |
Production | Gerda Diddens | Casting |
Production | Philippe Saal | Production Manager |
Art | Bruno Metzger | Art Direction |