The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Nelly leaves her lazy, unemployed husband to work for retired judge Mr Arnaud, forty years her senior, after he offers to clear her bills for her. While she types his memoirs the two develop a close friendship, but Arnaud becomes jealous when Nelly begins dating his good-looking young publisher.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
147 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques FieschiScreenplay
- Claude SautetDirector
- Yves UlmannScreenplay
- Philippe SardeOriginal Music Composer
- Claude SautetScreenplay
Cast
- Emmanuelle BéartNelly
- Michel SerraultMr. Pierre Arnaud
- Claire NadeauJacqueline
- Françoise BrionLucie
- Michael LonsdaleDollabella
- Charles BerlingJérôme
- Jean-Hugues AngladeVincent Granec
- Michèle LaroqueIsabelle
- Jean-Pierre LoritChristophe
- Michel AlbertiniTaieb
- Coraly ZahoneroMarianne
- Graziella DelermLaurence
Stills
Themes
age differenceretiree