Movie
The Misanthrope
A precise and melancholic exploration of the cost of total honesty in a world built on beautiful lies
20002h 15m★ 9.5Comedy
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.
Director
- Jean-Pierre Miquel
- Francis Girod
Writers
- Michèle Belhomme
- Molière
Producers
- Olivier Giel · Executive Producer
- Jean-Pierre Dusséaux
- Daniel Toscan du Plantier
- Frédéric Sichler
Where to watch
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Top cast
Alberte Aveline
Arsinoë
Michel Favory
Oronte
Isabelle Gardien
Éliante
Denis Podalydès
Alceste
Laurent d'Olce
Clitandre
Clotilde de Bayser
Célimène
Laurent Natrella
Philinte
Christian Gonon
Acaste
Guillaume Gallienne
Le garde Dubois
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Alain Lahaye
Basque
