The Misanthrope (2000)
Overview
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.
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
Guillaume Gallienne
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