
The Misanthrope
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Directed by Jean-Pierre Miquel, Francis Girod
A precise and melancholic exploration of the cost of total honesty in a world built on beautiful lies
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Alberte AvelineArsinoë
Michel FavoryOronte
Isabelle GardienÉliante
Denis PodalydèsAlceste
Laurent d'OlceClitandre
Clotilde de BayserCélimène
Laurent NatrellaPhilinte
Christian GononAcaste
Guillaume GallienneLe garde DuboisExplore the crew
- Director
- Jean-Pierre Miquel
- Director
- Francis Girod
- Producer
- Jean-Pierre Dusséaux
- Producer
- Daniel Toscan du Plantier
- Producer
- Frédéric Sichler
- Writer
- Michèle Belhomme
- Writer
- Molière
- Original Music Composer
- Didier Riey
- Editor
- Hugues Orduna
