Odette Toulemonde (2007)

Odette Toulemonde (2007) is a Comedy, Drama film directed by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, rated 5.7/10 by 144 viewers.

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.

Where to stream (US): Amazon Prime Video, OVID, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

Directed by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. Starring Catherine Frot, Albert Dupontel, Jacques Weber, Fabrice Murgia, Nina Drecq.