Overview

• Coverage indicates the story spans the couple’s later period, described variously as 1973–1985, the last ten to twelve years, or a focus around 1974–1975.
• Marina Foïs portrays Simone Signoret and Roschdy Zem plays Yves Montand, aiming for evocation rather than strict mimicry.
• The narrative acknowledges the Marilyn Monroe liaison as a persistent fault line in the relationship without centering on sensational detail.
• Diane Kurys emphasizes a subjective approach, highlighting a closing-credit note that everything is false except what is true and citing specific invented encounters used to convey authentic feelings.
• Political engagement forms part of the backdrop, recalling the pair’s high-profile left‑wing commitments from the postwar decades through their final years.