The read
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Wealthy but arrogant writer Jean Hervey comes home one day to find that his wife, Gabrielle, has left him for another man. Realizing her mistake, Gabrielle returns, and the pair begin a merciless analysis of their marriage as the relationship comes undone.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Metacritic79/100
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
32 audience votes
Key crew
- Patrice ChéreauDirector
- Patrice ChéreauScreenplay
- Anne-Louise TrividicScreenplay
- Fabio VacchiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Isabelle HuppertGabrielle Hervey
- Pascal GreggoryJean Hervey
- Claudia ColiYvonne
- Thierry HancisseEditor-in-Chief
- Chantal NeuwirthMadeleine
- Thierry FortineauGuest
- Louise VincentGuest
- Clément Hervieu-LégerGuest
- Nicolas MoreauGuest
- Rinaldo RoccoConsul
- Xavier LafitteGuest
- Mai DavidMaid
Stills
Themes
adulteryparis, francemarriageletterbourgeoisiebased on short storyhigh society1910s