A wannabe writer determined to find a home for a cumbersome family heirloom, a psychoanalyst who secretly doubles as an osteopath, and a do-gooder cellist who hires a down-on-her-luck waitress to be her manager are among the memorable characters featured in the film.
Played with imperturbable zaniness by Jeanne Balibar, fledgling writer Elisabeth is the nearly pathologically friendly oddball who guides the viewer through the ups and downs of the cultivated modern Parisian.
