The read
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A red-haired boy is his mother's punching bag; only his father's presence is a great comfort to him, but this weak man is under the shrew's thumb. His pain is so great he feels suicidal.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
19 audience votes
Key crew
- Julien DuvivierDirector
- Alexander TansmanOriginal Music Composer
- Julien DuvivierScreenplay
Cast
- Robert LynenFrançois Lepic
- Harry BaurMr. Lepic
- Catherine FonteneyMrs. Lepic
- Christine DorAnnette
- Colette SegallMathilde
- Simone AubryErnestine
- Louis GauthierThe Godfather
- Max FromiotFélix
- Claude BorelliA little boy at the wedding (uncredited)
- Colette BorelliA little girl at the wedding (uncredited)
- Jean BorelliA little boy at the wedding (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
suicide attemptdifficult childhoodsibling rivalryfamily