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La Lectrice (The Reader) (1988)

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At the suggestion of a friend, Constance (Miou-Miou) places an ad in the paper offering her services as a reader in this romantic comedy drama. Her job leads her to a variety of employers and occasional romantic involvement. Maria Casares plays the widow of an East European general who has Constance read Tolstoy and Marx. Pierre Dux is the local magistrate who prefers to hear the memoirs of the Marquis de Sade. She also has an affair with a harried business executive played by Patrick Chesnais.

R, 1 hr. 38 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

Directed By: Michel Deville

Written By: Michel Deville, Rosalinde Deville

In Theaters: Aug 17, 1988 Wide

TSF Productions

Cast

Miou-Miou
Constance/Marie
Christian Ruch�
Jean/Philippe
Mar�a Casares
General's Widow
Patrick Chesnais
Business Executive
Marianne Denicourt
Bella
Pierre Dux
Magistrate
Sylvie Laporte
Francoise
Brigitte Catillon
Eric's Mother/Jocelyne
Michel Raskine
Man at Agency
Christian Blanc
Marie's Tutor
Regis Royer
Eric
Simon Eine
Hospital Professor
Andr� Wilms
Man in Rue Saint-Landry
Clotilde de Bayser
Coralie's Mother
B�rang�re Bonvoisin
Joel's Mother/Hotel Wai...
Jean-Luc Boutte
Police Inspector
Maria de Medeiros
Silent Nurse
Gabriel Barakian
Jocelyne's Husband
Leo Campion
Eric's Grandfather
Charlotte Farran
Coralie
Isabelle Janier
Talkative Nurse
Hito Jaulmes
Joel
Sylvie Jean
Agency Secretary

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