A grumpy literary critic falls for a married woman — chaos, obviously, ensues.
According to the book Journal Particulier de Paul Léautaud, the love story that was born between him and Marie D., whom he met at the Mercure de France in 1922, on the occasion of an article she wrote to appear.
Acting
Serrault's magnificent grump — every sigh lands.
Writing
Léautaud's actual diaries, brutal and self-aware.
Director
Jean-Pierre Rawson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Paul Léautaud's actual journals ran 67 volumes; Rawson condensed decades into this single affair.
The Mercure de France was the oldest living literary review in 1922 — this is basically workplace romance for dead French poets.
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