The Screen Illusion (TV)
2010·France·77 min.
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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.
DirectorMathieu Amalric
CinematographyIsabelle Razavet
CastMuriel Mayette·Jean-Baptiste Malartre·Alain Lenglet·Julie Sicard·Loïc Corbery·Hervé Pierre·Suliane Brahim
Original titleL'illusion comique (TV)