Alexandre Dumas, at the height of his career, takes Auguste Maquet, his chief literary collaborator or 'ghost writer' ten years his junior, to meet a young unknown admirer, Charlotte Desrives. The two men are at the summit of their artistic collaboration for they have just published "The Count of Monte Christo", "Queen Margot" and "The Three Musketeers". If it's Maquet who writes the majority of the texts, both the honours and fame go to Dumas.
Gérard Depardieu
as Alexandre Dumas
Benoît Poelvoorde
as Auguste Maquet
Mélanie Thierry
as Charlotte Desrives
Dominique Blanc
as Celeste Scriwaneck
Catherine Mouchet
as Caroline Maquet
Michel Duchaussoy
as Sous Préfet Crémieux
Jean-Christophe Bouvet
as Monsieur Bocquin
Philippe Magnan
as Le Ministre Guizot
Florence Pernel
as Ida Ferrier Dumas
Christian Abart
as L'inspecteur Flanchet
Gaëlle Jeantet
as La mère Ozerais
Ophélia Kolb
as Marion
