Odette Toulemonde (2006)

Directors:

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Writers:

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Actors:

Laurence d'Amelio, Julien Frison, Alain Doutey, Camille Japy, Nina Drecq, Fabrice Murgia

Synopsis:

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...
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Odette Toulemonde (2006)

A simple story, yet it's not. A romantic story, yet it's not. Several funny (intellectual) moments, which I adored. I particularly enjoyed Odette's character and persona, she's totally nuts (in a good way). A surrealistic film about life and happiness.
doudouce55
February 6, 2014