According to the book Journal Particulier de Paul Léautaud, the love story that was born between him and Marie D., whom he met at the Mercure de France in 1922, on the occasion of an article she wrote to appear.
Michel Serrault
as Paul Léautaud
Annie Girardot
as Le Fléau
Aurore Clément
as Marie D.
Patrick Bauchau
as Vollard
Roger Carel
as Le docteur
Christine Delaroche
as La secrétaire
Jean-Paul Roussillon
as Henri
Antoine Duléry
as L'écrivain
Nathalie Serrault
as Une doucelle
Tatiana Vialle
as Une doucelle
Max Vialle
as L'Abbé Meunier
Francis Selleck
as