The Screen Illusion

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Director :

Mathieu Amalric

Stars :

Suliane BrahimLoïc CorberyDenis PodalydèsAlain LengletHervé PierreJulie SicardAdrien Gamba-GontardJean-Baptiste Malartre

Genre :

Comedy

Release :

2010-12-10

Story :

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)