The Misanthrope
"A precise and melancholic exploration of the cost of total honesty in a world built on beautiful lies"
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.
About The Misanthrope (2000)
The Misanthrope (2000) is a comedy movie produced by Vieux Colombier in FR. It was directed by Francis Girod and Jean-Pierre Miquel and written by Michèle Belhomme and Molière. On screen you will see Alberte Aveline, Michel Favory, Isabelle Gardien, Denis Podalydès and Laurent d'Olce. With a runtime of 2h 15m, the film averages 9.5/10 across 2 TMDB ratings.
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