The read
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
The journey of Michael Padovic, an American professor who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portuguese convent where he expects to find the documents needed to prove his theory: Shakespeare was born in Spain; not in England.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes38%
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
28 audience votes
Key crew
- Manoel de OliveiraDirector
- Manoel de OliveiraWriter
- Agustina Bessa-LuísWriter
- Toshirō MayuzumiOriginal Music Composer
- Igor StravinskyOriginal Music Composer
- Sofiya GubaydulinaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Catherine DeneuveHélène
- John MalkovichMichael
- Luís Miguel CintraBaltar
- Leonor SilveiraPiedade
- João Bénard da CostaBaltazar
- Heloísa MirandaBerta
- Gilberto GonçalvesFisherman