The read
Scores higher than 71% of the 7,033 2010s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes64%
514 audience votes
Key crew
- Eric BarbierWriter
- Eric BarbierDirector
- Marie EynardWriter
Cast
- Pierre NineyRomain Gary
- Charlotte GainsbourgNina Kacew
- Didier BourdonAlex Gubernatis
- Jean-Pierre DarroussinZaremba
- Finnegan OldfieldCaptain Langer
- Catherine McCormackLesley Blanch
- Pawel PuchalskiRomain (8-10 years old)
- Némo SchiffmanRomain (14-16 years old)
- Lou ChauvainMariette
- Arieh WorthalterCaptain of Gache
- Bastien BouillonGouje
- Sofia NilssonBrigitte
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Themes
based on novel or bookbased on memoir or autobiographyfrench air forcefrench actressbiographical dramafrench actorfamous actor