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The Screen Illusion (2010)
Directed by Mathieu Amalric
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)
Length 80 minutes
Actors
Suliane Brahim | Loïc Corbery | Denis Podalydès | Alain Lenglet | Hervé Pierre | Julie Sicard | Adrien Gamba-Gontard | Jean-Baptiste Malartre