The Mystery of Henri Pick
- Released on
- Runtime
- 101 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Fabrice Luchini
- Camille Cottin
- Alice Isaaz
- Bastien Bouillon
- Philypa Phoenix
- Louis Descols
- Josiane Stoléru
- Astrid Whettnall
- Hanna Schygulla
- Marie-Christine Orry
- Vincent Winterhalter
- Florence Muller
- Annie Mercier
- Louka Meliava
- Pierre Bourel
- Marc Fraize
Director
- Rémi Bezançon
Producers
- Eric Altmayer
- Isabelle Grellat
- Nicolas Altmayer