Nelly leaves her lazy, unemployed husband to work for retired judge Mr Arnaud, forty years her senior, after he offers to clear her bills for her. While she types his memoirs the two develop a close friendship, but Arnaud becomes jealous when Nelly begins dating his good-looking young publisher.
Emmanuelle Béart
as Nelly
Michel Serrault
as M. Pierre Arnaud
Claire Nadeau
as Jacqueline
Françoise Brion
as Lucie
Michael Lonsdale
as Dollabella
Jean-Hugues Anglade
as Vincent Granec
Michèle Laroque
as Isabelle
Jean-Pierre Lorit
as Christophe
Michel Albertini
as Taieb
Coraly Zahonero
as Marianne
Graziella Delerm
as Laurence
Olivier Pajot
as Jean-Marc
