Paris, seventies. In a hotel in the glittering Rue de Rivoli an English boy falls in love with the two young grandchildren of the owner. Based on the novel "La Mandarine" by Christine de Rivoyre.

Annie Girardot
as Séverine Lapierre

Philippe Noiret
as Georges Lapierre

Madeleine Renaud
as Mme Boulard, dite « Mémé Boule »

Murray Head
as Antony 'Tony' Bellay-Vanguard

Marie-Hélène Breillat
as Baba

Jean-Claude Dauphin
as Alain

Robert Berri
as Le client qui dîne

Madeleine Damien
as Augustine, la femme de chambre

Nane Germon
as La sage-femme

Pippo Merisi
as Le maître d'hotel