
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.
Nelly

Mr. Pierre Arnaud

Jacqueline

Lucie

Dollabella

Jérôme

Vincent Granec

Isabelle

Christophe

Taieb

Marianne

Laurence

Jean-Marc

Luc
Bénédicte

Sandrine

Girl in the Bistro
Valérie

Maria

The Judge

Monsieur Toux
Director P.A.O

Friend of Taieb

Manager of the Printers

Madame Toux

Brewery client (uncredited)