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.
Aug 17, 1988 Wide
TSF Productions
Cast
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Miou-Miou
Constance/Marie -
Christian Ruché
Jean/Philippe -
María 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 -
André Wilms
Man in Rue Saint-Landry -
Clotilde de Bayser
Coralie's Mother -
Bérangère 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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