Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no longer make ends meet.

Bernadette Lafont
as Paulette

Carmen Maura
as Maria

Dominique Lavanant
as Lucienne

Françoise Bertin
as Renée

André Penvern
as Walter

Axelle Laffont
as Agnès

Paco Boublard
as Vito

Jean-Baptiste Anoumon
as Ousmane

Aymen Saïdi
as Rachid

Ismaël Dramé
as Léo (7 ans)