The Screen Illusion (2010)

3.8/10 • 88 min • Comedy

Overview

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)

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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