The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
After ten years away, Jacques Pruez, an unmarried, 50-year-old, modestly successful actor, returns to his home village to comfort his dying mother. His father Yvan, a family barber who's counting on his "successful" son to support him in his old age, refuses to believe that his wife is sick and insists that her doctors are killing her. She dies, and Jacques finds out that Yvan is not his real father. Besieged by memories of his childhood, the village and the past, Jacques wanders the streets at night, reliving the moments that set him apart from the rest.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques NolotDirector
- Jacques NolotWriter
Cast
- Mathilde MonéLine, la mère
- Henri GardeyYvan, le père
- Jacques NolotLes frères, Jacqui
- Christian SempeLes frère, Alain
- Christine PaoliniLes frères, Thérèse, la belle soeur
- Henriette SempéLes tantes, Aimée
- Yvette EtchegarayLes tantes, Jeofrette
- Serge CaumontFilou, le demi frère
- Héloïse MignotJeannine
- Germaine GuardiniGermaine