People and life can be cruel, and in their face, Fannette is cool: toward an old acquaintance, to her daughter, to colleagues. Beneath the surface, she roils with passion for a lost love, Philippe. She watches "An Affair to Remember" again and again, and when she receives a letter from Philippe asking her to meet him atop the Empire State Building, she swoons. She's writing a book on an aged painter, so she organizes a trip to New York ostensibly to secure photographs of some of his pieces. The publisher assigns her a photographer, Matt, on the surface spontaneous and flip, but also aggressive about his attraction to her. Will she be with the one she loves? Will she smile? Written by
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Catherine Deneuve
Fanette
William Hurt
Matt
Bernard Le Coq
Bernard
Hélène Fillières
Lucie
Gilbert Melki
Alain
Nathalie Richard
Brigitte
Patrice Chéreau
Pierre
Noémie Godin-Vigneau
Carole
Emmanuelle Devos
la jeune femme au cinéma
Daniel Pommereulle
L'éditeur
Christian Cloarec
Videur cinéma
Merwin Goldsmith
homme chauve hôtel 1
Paulina Porizkova
Mary Rafelson
Ondine Desfosses
petite fille
Joris Jarsky
jeune homme galerie entrepôt
Tony Calabretta
barman entrepôt
François Arnal
Arnal
Alan Fawcett
homme danseur
Cecile Cristobal
réceptionniste hôtel 1
Bill Corday
homme de la station-service
Vie Nystrom
femme couple motel
Jacques Bassal
homme couple motel
Amanda Strawn
réceptionniste hôtel 2
Bill Rowat
barman
Holly O'Brien
femme galerie entrepôt
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