In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the Liberation she meets an actor, gets pregnant, and marries him. Lena and Madeleine meet at their children's school in Lyon in 1952 and the intensity of their relationship strains both their marriages to the breaking point.
Cast
Miou-Miou
Madeleine
Isabelle Huppert
Lena Weber
Guy Marchand
Michel Korski
Jean-Pierre Bacri
Costa Segara
Robin Renucci
Raymond
Patrick Bauchau
Carlier
Jacques Alric
Mr. Vernier
Jacqueline Doyen
Mme Vernier
Saga Blanchard
Sophie
Guillaume Le Guellec
René
Christine Pascal
Sarah
Jacques Blal
Lionel Feldman
Bernard Cazassus
Le chef de gare
Gérard Chambre
Flirt
Patricia Champane
Florence
François Cluzet
Un militaire
Jean-Claude de Goros
Le patron du cabaret
Norton de Matos
Journaliste
Anne Fabien
La femme élégante
Frédéric Graziani
Dominique Lavanant
L'aboyeuse
Denis Lavant
Un militaire
Anne Lévy
Maria
Catherine Margaillan
Sonia Pfirmann
Louisa Feldman
Pascal Pistacio
Un militaire
Joseph Michael Roth
Un militaire
Serge Ruben
André Feldman
Nils Tavernier
Le milicien
Corinne Anxionnaz
