The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
43-year-old Armand Lacourtade, a man who sells farm machines in the country, is getting sick of his homosexual life. When he encounters a young girl called Curly, he changes sides. Chased by her parents and the police, they brave all dangers to live this forbidden love and become an odd couple. But is it really what Armand dreamed about?
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic80/100
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
30 audience votes
Key crew
- Alain GuiraudieDirector
- Alain GuiraudieScreenplay
- Laurent LunettaScreenplay
- Frédérique MoreauScreenplay
Cast
- Hafsia HerziCurly Durandot
- Ludovic BerthillotArmand Lacourtade
- Luc PalunDaniel Durandot
- Pascal AubertPaul
- Jean ToscaneJean
- François ClavierThe commissioner
- Pierre LaurRobert Rapaille
- Georges Vaurle vieux garagiste
- Mauricette GourdonMme Rapaille
- Bruno ValayerJean-Jacques
- Melha Mammeri BossardMme Durandot
- Frédéric Felderun policier
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Themes
farmcruisingtractorforbidden lovesalesmanmale homosexualityrural areateenage girlolder man younger woman relationshipinfatuationopposites attract