La lectrice

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-10-01

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (1127 Reviews)

Director:

Michel Deville

Genres:

Comedy Drama

Cast:

Miou-Miou Règis Royer Marèa Casares Patrick Chesnais

Writer:

Raymond Jean (novel)

Michel Deville (adaptation)

Rosalinde Deville (adaptation)

Fullplot:

A multi-faceted film based on Raymond Jean's novel "La Lectrice". Constance (Miou-Miou) reads the novel aloud in bed to her lover. Inspired by the story of Marie, a woman who advertises her services as a reader of literature, Constance decides to do the same. Here the film takes on a kaleidoscopic effect as the lives of Constance and Marie become merged, making it hard to distinguish what is real and what is fantasy. This structure is further complicated when the lives of Constance's clients become tangled with the stories she reads. The film is interspersed with readings from well known literary sources as diverse as, amongst others, Baudelaire, Duras, Tolstoy, Lewis Carroll and de Sade's "120 days..."

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