The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Jean-Joachim Goriot, a merchant who got rich during the Revolution, is obsessed with the love of his two daughters, whose social promotion he wants. He endows them richly, ruins himself to pay their debts, but Delphine and Anastasie do not return his affection and abandon him at the time of his death to run to a big ball.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Guy JorréDirector
Cast
- Charles VanelFather Goriot
- Bruno GarcinRastignac
- Roger JacquetVautrin
- Monique NeversDelphine de Nucingen
- Elia ClermontAnastasie de Restaud
- Nadine AlariMrs. Claire de Beauséant
- Barbara LaageDuchess of Langeais
- François TillyBianchon
- Renée GardèsMrs. Vauquer
- Annie SavarinSylvie
- Paul RiegerChristophe
- Kathy FraisseVictorine Taillefer
Themes
based on novel or book