The read
A Balasaur Score of 66 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 80%. Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
Henri is a middle-aged writer with fading inspiration who has published nothing worthy of note in years. Feeling increasingly misunderstood by his wife and four grown up deadbeat kids, he dreams of running away to start over again. Yet when he discovers an unattractive, bad-mannered dog in his garden, he decides to adopt him and both start developing an unexpected friendship that inevitably upsets Henri’s family and neighbors.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
195 audience votes
Key crew
- Brad MehldauOriginal Music Composer
- Yvan AttalDirector
- Yaël LangmannScreenplay
- Dean CraigScreenplay
- Yvan AttalScreenplay
Cast
- Yvan AttalHenri Mohen
- Charlotte GainsbourgCécile Mohen
- Eric RufProfesseur Mazard
- Pascale ArbillotLouise Breuvart
- Ben AttalRaphaël Mohen
- Adèle WismesPauline Mohen
- Pablo VenzalNoé Mohen
- Panayotis PascotGaspard Mohen
- Oscar CoppHugues
- Lola Marois-BigardMarie-Lise
- Sébastien ThieryDaval, le jogger
- Franz LangL'agent d'Henri
