Comedy by Pierre Chesnot
Translation: Marica Beligan

Artistic director: Szombati Gille Otto
Decor: I. Géza Bíró
Costumes: Gyöngyi Újvárossy Kerekes
Premiere date: December 4, 1990

Abandoned by his wife, Juliette, and forced into retirement against his will, Maxime Martineau, aged 65, finds himself alone and depressed on the terrace of his second home. He may not be in shape, nor does he lack the zest for life, but he is no longer young or attractive, so he no longer finds his place in the working world, and his life seems to be reduced from now on to pruning roses…

Discovering that his land borders a plastic surgery clinic run by Dr. Ferenbach, Maxime decides to entrust himself to him for a facelift, which miraculously rejuvenates him by about twenty-five years. From here, it is only a step to an idyll with Alexandra, his young and charming neighbor. Together, they swim, play tennis and dance, activities in which Maxime has difficulty hiding his real age, difficulties that culminate in a sudden and inappropriate attack of lumbago during a romantic dinner.

What Maxime doesn't know is that his girlfriend, even his future wife, is also a former patient of Dr. Ferenbach and that young Marion is not his sister (as she had been introduced to him), but his daughter. The approaching wedding and the appearance of Juliette, who has arrived to congratulate her ex-husband and childhood friend Alexandra on the happy event, force the two to end the masquerade and confess their real ages... just in time to head to the registry office to seal their undying love.

Distribution:

Maxim Martineau:   Ion Tomorrow
Madame Robert:  Mariana Vasile
Juliette:  Simona Constantinescu
Dr. Ferenbach:  Ion Abrudan
Alexandra Bertoux:  Oana Mereuta
George Bertoux:  Marcel Popa
Marion:  Lavinia Steer

Technical director: Eugenia Popa
Prompter: Florence Szabo
Lighting: Iosif Balogh, Laviniu Goron
Musical illustration and sound design: Sorin Domide