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)

• Release date
• December 10, 2010
• Runtime
• 88 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Mathieu Amalric

Cast

Suliane Brahim Isabelle, fille de Géronte Loïc Corbery Clindor Denis Podalydès Matamore Alain Lenglet Pridamant Hervé Pierre Alcandre Julie Sicard Lyse

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Adrien Gamba-Gontard Adraste

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Jean-Baptiste Malartre Géronte