The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A tobacco planter on Réunion island in the Indian Ocean becomes engaged through correspondence to a French woman he does not know. The woman that arrives does not look like the picture he received, but he marries her anyway.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
228 audience votes
Key crew
- François TruffautDirector
- Antoine DuhamelOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jean-Paul BelmondoLouis Mahé
- Catherine DeneuveJulie Roussel
- Michel BouquetComolli
- Nelly BorgeaudBerthe
- Martine FerrièreLandlady
- Marcel BerbertJardine
- Yves DrouhetDetective
- Roland ThénotRichard
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