The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
Nobel-prize-winning author, social justice crusader, anti-colonialist, adventure traveler, musician, and one-time Communist: André Gide was a larger-than-life character who dominated French letters from the turn of the 20th century to his death in 1951. Directed by Marc Allégret, with whom Gide traveled extensively in French Equatorial Africa, the film was made in the year leading up to the writer’s death.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Marc AllégretDirector
Cast
- André GideSelf
- Roland AlexandreSelf
- Jean-Louis BarraultSelf
- Antoine de Saint-ExupérySelf (archive footage)
- Jean DesaillyNarrator (voice)
- Renée FaureSelf
- Maurice GarçonSelf
- Pierre HerbartSelf
- Roger Martin Du GardSelf
- Annik MoriceSelf
- Gérard PhilipeNarrator (voice)
- Jean-Paul SartreSelf (scenes deleted)