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.
Miou-Miou
as Madeleine
Isabelle Huppert
as Lena Weber
Guy Marchand
as Michel Korski
Jean-Pierre Bacri
as Costa Segara
Robin Renucci
as Raymond
Patrick Bauchau
as Carlier
Jacques Alric
as Mr. Vernier
Jacqueline Doyen
as Mme Vernier
Saga Blanchard
as Sophie
Guillaume Le Guellec
as René
Christine Pascal
as Sarah
Jacques Blal
as Lionel Feldman
