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.

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Emmanuelle Béart

Michel Serrault

Claire Nadeau

Françoise Brion

Michael Lonsdale