A wealthy playboy falls for a plain married woman. 1920s France has never been this messy.
Season 1 • Episode 2
LatestFrance, 1920s: An affluent ladies' man finds himself in love with a homely married woman.
Costume
1920s fashion so sharp you'll weep into your sweatpants.
Acting
Romane Bohringer makes plainness devastatingly magnetic.
Romane Bohringer
Bérénice Morel
Olivier Sitruk
Aurélien Leurtillois
Ute Lemper
Rose Melrose
Natalia Dontcheva
Blanchette
Thomas Jouannet
Edmond de Barbentane
Clément Sibony
Paul Denis
Natacha Lindinger
Mary de Perceval
Jean-Louis Tribes
Dr. Decoeur
Alexandra London
Simone
Sylvie Herbert
Mme Duvigne
Emmanuelle Bach
Amandine
Malcolm Conrath
Adrien Arnaud
Eric de Montalier
Riquet
Dominique Besnehard
Zamora
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from Louis Aragon's novel, a cornerstone of French literary modernism that the author himself called 'unfilmable.' Selignac clearly disagreed.
Ute Lemper, playing fading courtesan Rose Melrose, was primarily known as a German chanteuse—her casting adds meta-layers of a performer playing a performer playing herself out.
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