The Screen Illusion
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)
- Year: 2010
- Country: France
- Genre: Comedy
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- Director: Mathieu Amalric
- Cast: Suliane Brahim, Loïc Corbery, Denis Podalydès, Alain Lenglet, Hervé Pierre, Julie Sicard