They loved each other with the ardor of thirteen-year-old boys. Rebellion and curiosity, hopes and doubts, girls and dreams of glory – they shared it all. Paul was rich, Emile poor. They went skinny-dipping, drank absinthe, starved, only to overeat. Sketched models by day, caressed them by night... Now, Paul is a painter and Emile a writer. Glory has passed Paul by. But Emile has it all: fame, money, the perfect wife, whom Paul once loved. They judge each other, admire each other, confront each other. They lose touch, meet up again, like a couple who cannot stop loving each other.
Guillaume Gallienne
Paul Cézanne
Guillaume Canet
Emile Zola
Alice Pol
Alexandrine Zola
Déborah François
Hortense Cézanne
Sabine Azéma
Elisabeth Cézanne
Gérard Meylan
Louis-Auguste Cézanne
Isabelle Candelier
Emilie Zola
Freya Mavor
Jeanne
Laurent Stocker
Ambroise Vollard
Félicien Juttner
Guy de Maupassant
Flore Babled
Angèle Baille
Romain Lancry
Anchille Emperaire
