The read
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Anne-Marie Stretter, the wife of a French diplomat in 1930s India, takes many lovers to relieve the boredom in her life.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
92 audience votes
Key crew
- Marguerite DurasDirector
- Marguerite DurasWriter
- Carlos D'AlessioOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Delphine SeyrigAnne-Marie Stretter
- Michael LonsdaleLe Vice-Consul de Lahore
- Mathieu CarrièreL'Attaché d'Ambassade Allemand
- Claude MannMichael Richardson
- Vernon DobtcheffGeorges Crawn
- Didier FlamandLe Jeune Invité
- Claude JuanLe Domestique / Servant
- Satasinh ManilaVoix de la Mendiante (voice)
- Nicole HissVoix Intemporelle (voice)
- Monique SimonetVoix Intemporelle (voice)
- Viviane ForresterVoix Intemporelle (voice)
- Dionys MascoloVoix Intemporelle (voice)
Stills
Themes
woman directorsomber