The Misanthrope

Name: The Misanthrope
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2000-11-14
Duration: 2 h 15 min
Rating: 9.5
Cast: Alberte Aveline, Michel Favory, Isabelle Gardien, Denis Podalydès, Laurent d'Olce

A precise and melancholic exploration of the cost of total honesty in a world built on beautiful lies

Le Misanthrope (2000)

Timing: 2:15 (135 min)

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Release date

2000-11-14

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Production

France 3, La Comédie-Française, Vieux Colombier, Le Théâtre Marigny, Néria Productions, Euripide Productions, Le Centre National De La Cinematographie

Genre

Comedy

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Director

Francis Girod, Jean-Pierre Miquel

Actors

Alberte Aveline, Michel Favory, Isabelle Gardien, Denis Podalydès, Laurent d'Olce, Clotilde de Bayser, Laurent Natrella, Christian Gonon, Guillaume Gallienne, Alain Lahaye
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Scenario

Michèle Belhomme, Molière

Producer

Jean-Pierre Dusséaux, Daniel Toscan du Plantier, Frédéric Sichler, Olivier Giel

Camera operator

Christian Hautesserres

Composer

Didier Riey

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Editing

Hugues Orduna
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Short description

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.