The read
It runs long at 2h 40m.
Synopsis
Set in the French countryside in the 1600s, a lone rider deposits a newborn baby boy on the steps of a monastery, having bitten his nose off. The child is bought up by an ex-pirate and his wife and is taught to read, write, count, joust and fence, and is also given a wooden nose. However, he is ordered by a local baron to attend a tough seminary, but he soon rebels and makes an action-packed escape...
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
23 audience votes
Key crew
- Christian FechnerDirector
Cast
- Pierre-Olivier MornasJustinien
- Bernard-Pierre DonnadieuMartin Coutouly
- Ticky HolgadoBeaulouis
- Bernard HallerJudge Cressayet
- Patrice ValotaBaron Raoul
- Roland BlancheGaline
- Didier PainThe provost
- Bernard FarcyBiensobre
- Valérie StrohDame Eglantine
- Chick OrtegaBaldo Cabanon
- Maxime LerouxThe militiaman captain
- ZoucLaragne-Garou