Story :An unknown Polish writer can't publish his novels, so his ex-wife decides to help him and get some of the profit for herself. She finally finds a publisher, but there's a strange single condition that could cost the writer his life.
Cast
André DussollierJacques
Pierre ArditiHenri
Jiří MenzelStan
Anna RomantowskaBarbara
Maurice BénichouArnold
Carlo BrandtThe Kine
Henryk BistaYanek
Jacques DenisDoctor
Enzo Scotto LavinaLuigi
Chiara CaselliLuigi's Daughter
Jan Tadeusz StanisławskiPitchik
Beata TyszkiewiczMadame Pitchik
Olga GrumbergAssistant Doctor
Andréas VoutsinasThe American Director
Elena GavrasThe Assistant Director
Thibault de MontalembertAssistant Arnold
Kazimierz KaczorVice-Consul
Bogdan BaerThe Guard
Stanislas GaczolInterpreter
Janina GaczolInterpreter
Jean-Claude GrumbergKornfeld
Françoise CastroGuest
Jean LescotGuest
Jean-François LapalusHenri
Alexia StresiWaitress
Alexandre BancelTeam Member
Rachid MadaouiTeam Member
Gilles PorteTeam Member
Dominique OdicAn Uzbek
Pierre 'Speedy' DuvalAn Uzbek
S. GuilbaudThe Pope
Julie Gayet(uncredited)
Dominique IsnardJeanne (uncredited)
Wojciech KosteckiCardinal at the airport (uncredited)