La lectrice (1988)

movie

(1810)

Country: France
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1989-10-01
Director: Michel Deville
Writers: Raymond Jean , Rosalinde Deville , Michel Deville
Language: French
Stars: Miou-Miou , Miou-Miou , Christian Ruché , Christian Ruché , Sylvie Laporte , Michel Raskine , Brigitte Catillon , Régis Royer , Simon Eine , Christian Blanc , Marianne Denicourt , María Casares
Runtime: 98 min
Awards: 4 wins & 8 nominations
AKA: Die Vorleserin , La lectrice (Canada) , Lektorka (Poland) , A Leitora (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , La lettrice (Italy) , Franska stunder (Sweden) , The Reader , 読書する女 (Japan) , Private timer (Norway) , Ártatlan gyönyör (Hungary) , Чтица , La lectora (Spain) , The Reader (Canada) , La lectrice (France, French Republic) , Privattimer (Denmark) , Uma Leitora Bem Particular (Brazil) , La lectrice
Plot: 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..."
IMDB:tt0095511