Le mystère Henri Pick

Mar 6 2019 Not Rated 1h 40m
Comedy, Drama

In a bizarre Breton library that collects rejected, never published manuscripts, a young editor discovers a novel that she considers a masterpiece. It was written by a certain Henri Pick, a cook who died two years earlier and who, according to his widow, had never read a book in his life or written anything but a shopping list... Did he have a secret life? When the book becomes a huge best-seller, Jean- Michel Rouche, a skeptical and stubborn literary critic, teams up with Joséphine, Pick’s daughter, to unravel the mystery.

Plot

An editor discovers a novel that she considers to be a masterpiece in a library whose particularity is to collect the manuscripts refused by publishers. The text is signed "Henri Pick", a Breton pizza-maker who died two years earl...

Written by

Rémi Bezançon, David Foenkinos, Vanessa Portal

Directed by

Rémi Bezançon

Cast

Fabrice Luchini, Camille Cottin, Alice Isaaz

Crew

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Production Countries

France, Belgium

Production Companies

Gaumont, Mandarin Film, SCOPE Pictures, France 2 Cinéma

Languages

Français

Awards

4 nominations

Featurettes
THE MYSTERY OF HENRI PICK - WALTER'S INTRO
Scores
# of Votes
5,003
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA