L'Illusion comique (2010)
The Screen Illusion
In this contemporary adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s brilliant, eponymous 17th century play, the enigmatic Alcandre is now a hotel concierge who uses the myriad in-house high-tech security cameras to show worried father Pridamant the whereabouts and travails of his son, Clindor. As Pridamant witnesses the conflicting romances involving his estranged son, Corneille’s modernist meta-narrative is transposed to contemporary Paris, underscoring the ambiguous nature of love, wealth and desire in an age of consumerism. (Chicago International Film Festival)
Casting arrow_drop_down
Suliane Brahim
as Isabelle, fille de Géronte
as Isabelle, fille de Géronte
Loïc Corbery
as Clindor
as Clindor
Denis Podalydès
as Matamore
as Matamore
Alain Lenglet
as Pridamant
as Pridamant
Hervé Pierre
as Alcandre
as Alcandre
Julie Sicard
as Lyse
as Lyse
Adrien Gamba-Gontard
as Adraste
as Adraste
Jean-Baptiste Malartre
as Géronte
as Géronte
Crew arrow_drop_down
Mathieu Amalric
Director
Director
Isabelle Razavet
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Pierre Corneille
Original Story
Original Story
Annette Dutertre
Editor
Editor
