The read
Audiences rate it 39 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A dockworker seeking revenge on the killer of his sister finds himself the object of desire for two women.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes20%
Audiences rate it 39 points higher than critics do.
57 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean-Jacques BeineixDirector
- Jean-Jacques BeineixScreenplay
- Olivier MergaultScreenplay
- Gabriel YaredOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gérard DepardieuGérard Delmas, docker haunted by his sister's suicide
- Nastassja KinskiLoretta Channing, uptown Girl
- Victoria AbrilBella, Gérard's possessive mistress
- Bertice ReadingLola
- Gabriel MonnetTom
- Dominique PinonFrank, Gérard's alcoholic brother
- Milena VukotićFrieda, aging prostitute
- Vittorio MezzogiornoNewton Channing, Loretta's drifting brother
- Anne-Marie CoffinetDora
- Bernard FarcyJésus
- Katya BergerCatherine
- Guido AlbertiGuardian of the cathedral
Stills
Themes
rapefrench noir