The Mystery of Henri Pick

The Mystery of Henri Pick

Directed by Rémi Bezançon

Produced by Gaumont, France 2 Cinéma

2019101 min6.5 / 10

A charming, intellectually playful mystery about authorship and hidden lives that balances whimsy with genuine warmth and human connection.

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.

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  • Is The Mystery of Henri Pick violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is The Mystery of Henri Pick easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Does The Mystery of Henri Pick end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 85% of films.

  • Is The Mystery of Henri Pick scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is The Mystery of Henri Pick sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

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