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

Antoine Chappey

George

Leonor Baldaque

Sylvia

Sylvie Testud

Ariel

Leonor Silveira

Marie

Isabel Ruth

Milkmaid

Mauricette Gourdon

Guilhermine