“The Bird ” ( French: La Lectrice ) is a motion picture shot in 1988 . A screen version of a work by Raymond Jean .
| The bird | |
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| La lectrice | |
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| Genre | comedy drama |
| Producer | Michelle Deville |
| Producer | Rosalind Deville |
| Author script | Michelle Deville Rosalind Deville Raymond Jean (novel) |
| In the main cast | Miu Miu Maria Casares |
| Operator | Dominic Le Rigoleur |
| Composer | |
| Film company | Eléfilm, AAA Productions, TSF Productions, Ciné 5, Sofimage |
| Duration | 94 minutes |
| A country | France |
| Tongue | |
| Year | 1988 |
| IMDb | ID 0095511 |
Content
Story
The film is a story in a story: a young woman, Constance, is reading a novel called “The Bird” to her husband. The main character of this book, Marie filed an ad in the newspaper, in which she offered her services as a reader at home. Her first client was a disabled teenager Eric ...
Cast
- Miu Miu - Constance / Marie
- Regis Royer - Eric
- Maria Casares - General
- Patrick Chenet - Director of the company
- Pierre Ducs - judge
- Christian Ruecher - Jean / Philippe
- Bridget Cathillon - Eric's mother
- Marianne Denicourt - Bella
- Charlotte Farran - Coralie
- Clotilde de Beiser - Coralie's mother
- Andre Wilm et al.
Awards and nominations
Rewards
- 1989 - Cesar Award
- Best Supporting Actor - Patrick Chenet
- 1988 - Louis Delluk Prize
- Louis Delluc Prize - Michelle Deville
Nominations
- 1989 - Cesar Award
- Best Actress - Miu Miu
- Best Director - Michelle Deville
- Best Editing - Raymond Guillot
- Best Movie - Michelle Deville
- Best Poster - Benjamin Baltimore
- Best Design - Thierry Leprust
- Best Supporting Actress - Maria Casares
- Best Screenplay - Michelle Deville , Rosalind Deville
Links
- The Bird on the Internet Movie Database
- The Bird (English) on allmovie