Odette Toulemonde
Brief Synopsis
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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 sto
Cast & Crew
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Eric-emmanuel Schmitt
Director
Catherine Frot
Albert Dupontel
Jacques Weber
Fabrice Murgia
Nina Drecq
Film Details
Also Known As
Lezioni di felicità, Odette Toulemonde - Lições de Felicidade, Odette, una comedia sobre la felicidad
Genre
Fantasy
Foreign
Romantic Comedy
Release Date
2007
Production Company
Centre National Du Cinema; Ciné+; Megacom Film (Mcf); Monopole Pathe Films Ag; Pathe Renn Productions; Rtbf; StudioCanal; Television Inc. (Romania); Tf1 Films Productions; Vertice Cine
Distribution Company
Alternative Films; Equinoxe Films; Monopole Pathe Films Ag; PathT International; Senator Film Verleih; Warner Bros. Pictures International; Wild Bunch AG; ZON Lusomundo (now part of NOS Audiovisuals)
Location
Belgium; France
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 37m
Synopsis
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. A tale about the comic encounter between atypical survivors with nothing in common.
Director
Eric-emmanuel Schmitt
Director
Cast
Catherine Frot
Albert Dupontel
Jacques Weber
Fabrice Murgia
Nina Drecq
Camille Japy
Alain Doutey
Julien Frison
Aissatou Diop
Nicolas Buysse
Laurence D'amelio
Jacqueline Bir
Crew
Philippe Bourgueil
Editor
Francois Chauvaud
Production Designer
Gaspard De Chavagnac
Producer
William Flageollet
Sound Department
Thierry Guerinel
Assistant Director
Corinne Jorry
Costume Designer
Romain Le Grand
Coproducer
Bruno Metzger
Art Director
Nicola Piovani
Original Music
Eric-emmanuel Schmitt
Screenplay
Anne-dominique Toussaint
Coproducer
Phillipe Vandendriessche
Sound Department
Carlo Varini
Director Of Photography
Film Details
Also Known As
Lezioni di felicità, Odette Toulemonde - Lições de Felicidade, Odette, una comedia sobre la felicidad
Genre
Fantasy
Foreign
Romantic Comedy
Release Date
2007
Production Company
Centre National Du Cinema; Ciné+; Megacom Film (Mcf); Monopole Pathe Films Ag; Pathe Renn Productions; Rtbf; StudioCanal; Television Inc. (Romania); Tf1 Films Productions; Vertice Cine
Distribution Company
Alternative Films; Equinoxe Films; Monopole Pathe Films Ag; PathT International; Senator Film Verleih; Warner Bros. Pictures International; Wild Bunch AG; ZON Lusomundo (now part of NOS Audiovisuals)
Location
Belgium; France
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 37m
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Miscellaneous Notes
Feature directorial debut for Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt.
