The read
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A fleeting encounter in a train station draws a withdrawn young man into a shadowy world of desire and danger. As obsession deepens, innocence destroyed, and an irreversible transformation begins.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
39 audience votes
Key crew
- Patrice ChéreauDirector
- Hervé GuibertScreenplay
- Fiorenzo CarpiOriginal Music Composer
- Patrice ChéreauScreenplay
Cast
- Jean-Hugues AngladeHenri
- Vittorio MezzogiornoJean Lerman
- Roland BertinBosmans
- Lisa KreuzerElisabeth
- Claude BerriClient
- Hammou GraïaYoung Man at the Train Station
- Gérard DesartheCrying Man
- Armin Mueller-StahlHenri's Father
- Annick AlaneHenri's Mother
- Sophie EdmondHenri's Sister
- Marie VerdiCast
- Suzanne ChavanceCast
Stills
Themes
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