The read
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
The petite waitress Johnny works and lives in a truck-stop, where she's lonely and longs for love. She develops a crush on the garbage truck driver Krassky, although her sleazy boss Boris warns her that he's gay.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
76 audience votes
Key crew
- Serge GainsbourgDirector
- Serge GainsbourgOriginal Music Composer
- Serge GainsbourgWriter
Cast
- Joe DallesandroKrassky
- Jane BirkinJohnny
- Hugues QuesterPadovan
- Gérard DepardieuHorseman
- Reinhard KolldehoffBoris
- Michel BlancA worker
- Raoul DelfosseThe boss of the motel
- Liliane RovèreThe motel client
- Maïté NahyrThe prostitute
- Doris ThomasStripper
- Gillian GillStripper
- Josiane LévêqueStripper
Stills
Themes
jealousytranssexualityeroticismbisexualitymale homosexualitydysfunctional relationshipgay theme