False Confessions

The story

Dorante, an impoverished young man, is taken on as a secretary by Araminte, a rich widow with whom he is secretly in love. The valet Dubois does all he can to get Araminte to fall in love with Dorante. Following his staging of Marivaux’s comedy at the Odéon theater, Luc Bondy turns the whole theater building into a film studio, placing his actors in the foyer, under the stage, in the kitchens, using the most unusual and unexpected spots to invent a new dynamic between theater and film.

Cast & crew

Isabelle HuppertAraminte

Louis GarrelDorante

Bulle OgierMadame Argante

Yves JacquesDubois

Manon CombesMarton

Bernard VerleyMonsieur Rémy

Jean-Pierre MaloComte Dorimont

Fred UlysseArlequin

Sylvain Levitte

Sylvain LevitteGarçon Joaillier

Georges Fatna

Georges FatnaLaquais John

Arnaud Mattlinger

Arnaud MattlingerLe professeur de Tai Chi

Nicolas Peduzzi

Nicolas PeduzziUn secrétaire