In 1930s Paris, Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless and talentless actress, is accused of murdering a famous producer. Helped by her best friend Pauline, a young unemployed lawyer, she is acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. A new life of fame and success begins, until the truth comes out.
Crime comedy and free adaptation of a 1934 Parisian play by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil, with Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Isabelle Huppert, Dany Boo and Fabrice Luchini.