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The Misanthrope (2000)

The Misanthrope (2000)

Comedy

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

Release Date: 2000, November 14
Directors: Jean-Pierre Miquel, Francis Girod
Production: Vieux Colombier, Le Théâtre Marigny, France•3, Néria Productions, Euripide Productions, La Comédie-Française, Le Centre National De La Cinematographie
Cast: Denis Podalydès, Guillaume Gallienne, Laurent Natrella, Christian Gonon, Laurent d'Olce, Clotilde de Bayser, Michel Favory, Alain Lahaye, Alberte Aveline, Isabelle Gardien

Overview:

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.