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.

• Les Films Alain Sarde
• Prokino Filmproduktion
• Emmanuelle Béart
• Michel Serrault
• Claire Nadeau
• Françoise Brion
• Michael Lonsdale
• Jean-Hugues Anglade
• Michèle Laroque
• Jean-Pierre Lorit