The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
In this ensemble drama set in rural France, the women of the Paridier farm are left to run it by themselves while their men are off fighting in World War I. But things become complicated with the arrival of American troops.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Metacritic81/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
118 audience votes
Key crew
- Xavier BeauvoisDirector
- Marie-Julie MailleScreenplay
- Frédérique MoreauScreenplay
- Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
- Xavier BeauvoisScreenplay
Cast
- Nathalie BayeHortense Sandrail
- Laura SmetSolange
- Iris BryFrancine Riant
- Cyril DescoursGeorges Sandrail
- Olivier RabourdinClovis
- Gilbert BonneauHenri Sandrail
- Nicolas GiraudConstant Sandrail
- Mathilde ViseuxMarguerite Sandrail
- Ophélie-Marion DebiaisCast
- Xavier MalyEdgar
- Marie-Julie MailleLa Monette
- Madeleine BeauvoisJeanne, la fille de la Monette