The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Mika, heiress to a Swiss chocolate company, is married to celebrated pianist André and stepmother to his son, Guillaume, whose mother died in a car wreck on his tenth birthday. Their lives are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Jeanne, a young woman who has learned she was almost switched with Guillaume at birth.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes84%
Metacritic83/100
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
148 audience votes
Key crew
- Claude ChabrolDirector
- Claude ChabrolScreenplay
- Matthieu ChabrolOriginal Music Composer
- Caroline EliacheffScreenplay
Cast
- Isabelle HuppertMarie-Claire 'Mika' Muller
- Jacques DutroncAndré Polonski
- Anna MouglalisJeanne Pollet
- Rodolphe PaulyGuillaume Polonski
- Brigitte CatillonLouise Pollet
- Michel RobinDufreigne
- Mathieu SimonetAxel
- Lydia AndréïLisbeth
- Véronique AlainMadame le Maire
- Isolde BarthPauline
- Jacqueline BurnandCast
- François GermondCast
Stills
Themes
jealousyparent child relationshippianistinillegitimate son