Sophie, 28, just found out she landed that job at a famous Parisian publisher. Her dream? Not exactly: she would rather see her own graphic work printed… When she tells her boyfriend Jean she is pregnant, everything explodes. They break up and she must return to waiting tables like her friend Julia, an aspiring actress. How can one survive in the city under such conditions?
Acting
Sara Forestier's exasperated eye rolls deserve their own award category.
Writing
Dialogue so naturally chaotic you'll swear they wiretapped your friend group.
Production
Paris as actual unglamorous workplace, not postcard fantasy.
Director
Nine Antico
Sara Forestier
Sophie Legal
Laetitia Dosch
Julia
Andranic Manet
Benjamin
Pierre Lottin
Jean
Grégoire Colin
Jean-Luc
Jackie Berroyer
Julia's father
Bertrand Belin
The narrator / The director
Julien Desjardins
The subway thief
Mathieu Lescop
François Daniel
Killoffer
Killoffer
Cyril Pedrosa
The graphic designer
Marc Fraize
The first aid trainer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Nine Antico based Sophie's publishing world on her own experience working in French comics—those awkward author meet-cutes are real.
The film quietly critiques France's 'passion economy' where creative workers accept exploitation because 'at least it's art'—Sara Forestier reportedly took a pay cut to produce this.
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