The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash. Having to take care of his now-orphaned grandson, he struggles to go on with his lifelong acting career like he's used to. But the roles he is offered -- a flashy TV show and a hectic last-minute replacement in an English-language film of Joyce's Ulysses -- finally convince him that it's time to retire.

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Cast

Michel Piccoli

Gilbert Valence

Catherine Deneuve

Marguerite

John Malkovich

John Crawford, Film Director

Antoine Chappey

George

Leonor Baldaque

Sylvia

Leonor Silveira

Marie

Ricardo Trêpa

Guard

Adrien de Van

Ferdinand

Sylvie Testud

Ariel

Isabel Ruth

Milkmaid

Robert Dauney

Haines

Mauricette Gourdon

Guilhermine, the Housekeeper