The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
148 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean-Claude LauzonDirector
- Jean-Claude LauzonScreenplay
- Richard GrégoireOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gilbert SicotteNarrator (voice)
- Maxime CollinLéolo
- Ginette RenoMother
- Julien GuiomarGrandfather
- Giuditta Del VecchioBianca
- Andrée LachapellePsychiatrist
- Denys ArcandDirector
- Germain HoudeTeacher
- Yves MontmarquetteFernand
- Lorne BrassFernand's enemy
- Pierre BourgaultWord Tamer
- Roland BlouinFather
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Themes
sicily, italyinsanitypeasantquebecmontreal, canadadaydreambodybuildercoming of agewriterfalling in lovesnorkelmadness