Release Date

14 Nov, 2000

Runtime

02:15: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

A precise and melancholic exploration of the cost of total honesty in a world built on beautiful lies

Célimène, a beautiful young widow, chooses to keep her many suitors hoping in order to preserve her freedom, even though she is drawn to one of them, Alceste. An idealist, Alceste refuses to play the social game; he seeks to persuade the young woman to abandon her strategy and give herself over to an exclusive love. Theater play "Le misanthrope" played by the "Comédie française" in 2000. Rather than a simple recording of a live theater performance, this version was explicitly structured as a television movie. It blended cinematic camera work with the theatrical script.

Original Title

Le Misanthrope

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Actors

Alberte Aveline

Michel Favory

Isabelle Gardien

Denis Podalydès

Laurent d'Olce

Clotilde de Bayser

Laurent Natrella

Christian Gonon

Guillaume Gallienne

Alain Lahaye

Crew

Francis Girod

Jean-Pierre Miquel

Sandrine Anglade

Pierre-Yves Le Prince

Pierre-Yves Le Prince

Christian Lacroix

Ricardo Aronovich

Jean-Pierre Miquel

Olivier Giel

Jean-Pierre Dusséaux

Daniel Toscan du Plantier

Frédéric Sichler

Emmanuelle Conso

Pascale Pitot