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Release Date:
February 7, 2007
Original Title:
Odette Toulemonde
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
Antigone Cinéma
Bel Ombre Films
Les Films de l'Etang
Pathé
RTBF
Renn Productions
TF1 Films Production
Production Countries:
Belgium | France
Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 6 DE: 6 FR: TP
Runtime: 100
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.
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Art Direction:
Bruno Metzger
Casting:
Gerda Diddens
Bruno Delahaye
Co-Producer:
Anne-Dominique Toussaint
Romain Le Grand
Costume Design:
Corinne Jorry
Director:
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Director of Photography:
Carlo Varini
Editor:
Philippe Bourgueil
Executive Producer:
Olivier Rausin
Alexandre Lippens
Geneviève Lemal
Foley Artist:
Jonathan Liebling
Hairstylist:
Anne Moralis
Makeup Artist:
Rebecca Flores
Anne Moralis
Original Music Composer:
Nicola Piovani
Producer:
Gaspard de Chavagnac
Alain-Gilles Viellevoye
Production Design:
François Chauvaud
Production Manager:
Philippe Saal
Screenplay:
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Sound Designer:
Philippe Vandendriessche
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