Paris, France, December 1897. The young playwright Edmond Rostand feels like a failure. Inspiration has abandoned him. Married and father of two children, desperate and penniless, he persuades the great actor Constant Coquelin to perform the main role in his new play. But there is a problem: Coquelin wants to premiere it at Christmas and Edmond has not written a single word.
as Edmond Rostand
as Constant Coquelin
as Maria Legault
as Léo
as Jeanne
as Rosemonde
as Sarah Bernhardt
as Jean Coquelin
as Lucien
as Ange Fleury
as Marcel Fleury
as Monsieur Honoré
as Old Actor
as Arrogant Actor
as Sceptic Actor
as Georges Courteline
as Georges Feydeau
as Costumer
as Jules Clarétie
as Suzon
as Jacqueline
as Bailiff
as Hotel Receptionist
as Renaissance Theater Director
as Racist Customer
as Anton Chekhov
as Dresser
as Station Employee
as Journalist
as Theater Critic #1
as Theater Critic #2
as Worker
as Jeanne's Colleague
as Chez Honoré Waiter
as Driver
as Moulin Rouge Waitress
as Antoine Lumière
as Georges Méliès
as Konstantin Stanislavski
as Rose's Mother