The read
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. The local bar owner, a simple man who likes to write poetry, who only wants to be left alone to do his job, becomes a target for Communist harassment as they try and locate a particular loyalist, and he pushes back.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
107 audience votes
Key crew
- Claude BerriDirector
- Claude BerriScreenplay
- Arlette LangmannScreenplay
- Jean-Claude PetitOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Michel BlancGaigneux
- Gérard DepardieuLéopold
- Jean-Pierre MarielleArchambaud
- Philippe NoiretWatrin
- Michel GalabruMonglat
- Gérard DesartheMaxime Loin
- Danièle LebrunMme Archambaud
- Fabrice LuchiniJourdan
- Daniel PrévostRochard
- Myriam BoyerMme Gaigneux
- Ticky HolgadoMégrin, l'avocat
- Florence DarelMarie-Anne Archambaud