The Screen Illusion (3.8)

Movie · 2010 · 1 h 28 min · Comedy

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)

Directed by: Mathieu Amalric

Starring Suliane Brahim, Loïc Corbery, Denis Podalydès, Alain Lenglet, Hervé Pierre, Julie Sicard, Adrien Gamba-Gontard, Jean-Baptiste Malartre

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