Victor and Margot are two lawyers on the fast track to success at a major law firm. They are also a loving couple. After a senior partner at the firm dies unexpectedly, it is decided that either Margot or Victor will be promoted to the important position. The other will have to settle for a supporting role. Both scenarios are explored.
Direction
Fazer's split-screen structure keeps both timelines sharp.
Acting
Taglioni and Quivrin sell two marriages under pressure.
Director
Léa Fazer
Thierry Lhermitte
Maître Nicolas Bervesier
Alice Taglioni
Maître Margot Dittermann
Jocelyn Quivrin
Maître Victor Bandini
Pascale Arbillot
Juliette
Julie Ferrier
Eleonor
Farid Bentoumi
Emmanuel
Isabelle Cagnat
Femme couple
Joe Sheridan
Goudal
Olivier Balazuc
Homme couple
Scali Delpeyrat
Maître Bertrand Lavoisier
Thierry Gimenez
Mercier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fazer's film explores how French cinema rarely interrogates working women without punishment — here, both paths hurt.
Jocelyn Quivrin died in a car accident months after release; the film became an unintended elegy.
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