The Misanthrope

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

The Misanthrope — Plot

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.

• Release date
• November 14, 2000
• Runtime
• 135 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Jean-Pierre Miquel

The Misanthrope — Cast

Alberte Aveline Arsinoë Michel Favory Oronte Isabelle Gardien Éliante Denis Podalydès Alceste Laurent d'Olce Clitandre Clotilde de Bayser Célimène Laurent Natrella Philinte Christian Gonon Acaste