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)
Cast
Crew
Mathieu Amalric
Director
Annette Dutertre
Editor
Isabelle Razavet
Director of Photography
Hugues Charbonneau
Producer
Marie-Ange Luciani
Producer
Gilles Sandoz
Producer
Pierre Thoretton
Producer
Hervé Dajon
Production Design
Elisabeth Mehu
Costume Design
Chloé Van Lierde
Makeup Artist
Fred Mays
Sound
Stéphane Thiébaut
Sound
Nicolas Becker
Foley Artist
Pierre Corneille
Original Story
