They loved each other with the ardor of thirteen-year-old boys. Rebellion and curiosity, hopes and doubts, girls and dreams of glory – they shared it all. Paul was rich, Emile poor. They went skinny-dipping, drank absinthe, starved, only to overeat. Sketched models by day, caressed them by night... Now, Paul is a painter and Emile a writer. Glory has passed Paul by. But Emile has it all: fame, money, the perfect wife, whom Paul once loved. They judge each other, admire each other, confront each other. They lose touch, meet up again, like a couple who cannot stop loving each other.
Guillaume Gallienne
as Paul Cézanne
Guillaume Canet
as Emile Zola
Alice Pol
as Alexandrine Zola
Déborah François
as Hortense Cézanne
Sabine Azéma
as Elisabeth Cézanne
Gérard Meylan
as Louis-Auguste Cézanne
Isabelle Candelier
as Emilie Zola
Freya Mavor
as Jeanne
Laurent Stocker
as Ambroise Vollard
Félicien Juttner
as Guy de Maupassant
Flore Babled
as Angèle Baille
Pierre Yvon
as Batistin Baille
