The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. It runs long at 2h 30m.
Synopsis
Shortly before her wedding, art gallery director Nora travels from Paris to Grenoble to visit her preteen son, Elias, who is spending time with her aging professor father, Louis, recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. During her stay, she reaches out to her former lover, Ismaël, a viola player and father figure to Elias who has been committed against his will to a mental hospital. Ismaël, however, has his own problems to sort out.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Metacritic85/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
91 audience votes
Key crew
- Arnaud DesplechinWriter
- Arnaud DesplechinDirector
- Roger BohbotWriter
Cast
- Emmanuelle DevosNora Cotterelle
- Mathieu AmalricIsmaël Vuillard
- Maurice GarrelLouis Jenssens
- Catherine DeneuveMme Vasset
- Nathalie BoutefeuChloé Jenssens
- Joachim SalingerPierre Cotterelle
- Hippolyte GirardotMaître Marc Mamanne
- Magali WochLouis Jenssens
- Valentin LelongElias Cotterelle
- Shulamit AdarMme Seyvos
- Elsa WolliastonDr. Devereux
- Olivier RabourdinJean-Jacques