Country: France
Year: 2013
Duration: 104'
After retiring from the stage, the famous actor Serge Tanneur lives a solitary life on the Île de Ré, enjoying long bike rides. But when his colleague Gauthier Valence asks him to play Alceste in The Misanthrope, Serge is faced with a difficult decision. On the one hand, he’d like to go back to his former acting days, but on the other hand, he feels that the solitude has made him very similar to Molière’s character. In the meantime, rehearsals have begun on the island…
Biography
film director
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Philippe Le Guay
Philippe Le Guay (Paris, France, 1956), after completing his studies at the Institut des hautes ètudes cinématographiques, began teaching film La Fémis. He directed his first feature film, Les deux Fragonard, in 1989. A screenwriter, actor and director, he next wrote screenplays for TV movies, and in 1995 he made his second feature film, L’année Juliette. This film also marked the beginning of his collaboration with the actor Fabrice Luchini, who starred in his next movies, The Cost of Living (2003) and The Woman on the Sixth Floor (2011), which competed in Berlin and for which Carmen Maura won a César as best supporting actress.
FILMOGRAFIA
Le clou (cm, 1984), Les deux Fragonard (1989), Urgence d’aimer (tv, 1992), Rhésus Roméo (tv, 1993), L’année Juliette (1995), Trois huit (2001), Le coût de la vie (Il costo della vita, 2003), Du jour au lendemain (2006), Les femmes du 6ème étage (Le donne del 6º piano, 2010), V comme Vian (tv, 2011), Alceste à bicyclette (In bicicletta con Molière, 2013).
Declaration
film director
“It’s true that there is a minimalist component: two actors rehearsing the first scene of The Misanthrope for almost the entire time! But the film’s identity is created by the characters more than by the story, and I like to take my time to give them substance and contradictions. […] There are eight rehearsals and every one is a gamble: each time, we had to find a different mise-en-scène to make the most of them. I thought a lot about the duels in Barry Lindon by Stanley Kubrick, or of those in Scaramouche, the magnificent movie by George Sidney, in which the advantage between the two opponents changed hands each time.”
Cast
& Credits
REGIA, SCENEGGIATURA
Philippe Le Guay
SOGGETTO
Fabrice Luchini, Philippe Le Guay
FOTOGRAFIA
Jean-Claude Larrieu
MONTAGGIO
Monica Coleman
SCENOGRAFIA
Françoise Dupertuis
COSTUMI
Elisabeth Tavernier
MUSICA
Jorge Arriagada
SUONO
Laurent Poirier, Vincent Guillon
INTERPRETI E PERSONAGGI
Fabrice Luchini (Serge Tanneur), Lambert Wilson (Gauthier Valence), Maya Sansa (Francesca), Laurie Bordesoules (Zoé), Camille Japy (Christine), Annie Mercier (Tamara), Ged Marlon (Meynard), Stéphan Wojtowicz (il tassista/taxi driver), Christine Murillo (la signora/Mrs Françon), Josiane Stoléru (Raphaëlle La Puisaye), Édith Le Merdy (la signora/Mrs Bichet)
PRODUTTORE
Anne-Dominique Toussaint
COPRODUZIONE
Les Films des Tournelles, Pathé, Appaloosa Développement, France 2 Cinéma
Philippe Le Guay
SOGGETTO
Fabrice Luchini, Philippe Le Guay
FOTOGRAFIA
Jean-Claude Larrieu
MONTAGGIO
Monica Coleman
SCENOGRAFIA
Françoise Dupertuis
COSTUMI
Elisabeth Tavernier
MUSICA
Jorge Arriagada
SUONO
Laurent Poirier, Vincent Guillon
INTERPRETI E PERSONAGGI
Fabrice Luchini (Serge Tanneur), Lambert Wilson (Gauthier Valence), Maya Sansa (Francesca), Laurie Bordesoules (Zoé), Camille Japy (Christine), Annie Mercier (Tamara), Ged Marlon (Meynard), Stéphan Wojtowicz (il tassista/taxi driver), Christine Murillo (la signora/Mrs Françon), Josiane Stoléru (Raphaëlle La Puisaye), Édith Le Merdy (la signora/Mrs Bichet)
PRODUTTORE
Anne-Dominique Toussaint
COPRODUZIONE
Les Films des Tournelles, Pathé, Appaloosa Développement, France 2 Cinéma
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