Overview
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. (Chicago International Film Festival)
Cast
- Suliane Brahim as Isabelle, fille de Géronte
- Loïc Corbery as Clindor
- Denis Podalydès as Matamore
- Alain Lenglet as Pridamant
- Hervé Pierre as Alcandre
- Julie Sicard as Lyse
- Adrien Gamba-Gontard as Adraste
- Jean-Baptiste Malartre as Géronte