The read
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Delphine is the author of an autobiographical novel that has become a bestseller. Exhausted by the promotional tour, just when she feels out of place, paralyzed by the idea of having to start writing again, she meets Elle, a young, attractive, intelligent, intuitive woman who seems to understand her better than anyone.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes52%
Metacritic43/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
527 audience votes
Key crew
- Roman PolanskiDirector
- Olivier AssayasScreenplay
- Roman PolanskiScreenplay
- Alexandre DesplatOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Emmanuelle SeignerDelphine
- Eva GreenElle
- Vincent PerezFrançois
- Dominique PinonRaymond
- Brigitte RoüanThe Documentalist
- Camille ChamouxThe Press Agent
- Josée DayanKarina
- Noémie LvovskyThe Exhibition Curator
- Leonello BrandoliniThe Italian Editor
- Édith Le MerdyThe Neighbor
- Elisabeth QuinThe Journalist
- Damien BonnardThe Sound Engineer
Stills
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Themes
paris, francebased on novel or bookcreative crisisfemale friendshipnovelistbook signingghost writer