The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
Dorante, an impoverished young man, is taken on as a secretary by Araminte, a rich widow with whom he is secretly in love. The valet Dubois does all he can to get Araminte to fall in love with Dorante. Following his staging of Marivaux’s comedy at the Odéon theater, Luc Bondy turns the whole theater building into a film studio, placing his actors in the foyer, under the stage, in the kitchens, using the most unusual and unexpected spots to invent a new dynamic between theater and film.
Ratings
IMDb5.1/10
Metacritic41/100
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Luc BondyDirector
- Luc BondyScreenplay
- Bruno CoulaisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Isabelle HuppertAraminte
- Louis GarrelDorante
- Bulle OgierMadame Argante
- Yves JacquesDubois
- Manon CombesMarton
- Bernard VerleyMonsieur Rémy
- Jean-Pierre MaloComte Dorimont
- Fred UlysseArlequin
- Sylvain LevitteGarçon Joaillier
- Georges FatnaLaquais John
- Arnaud MattlingerLe professeur de Tai Chi
- Nicolas PeduzziUn secrétaire
Stills
Themes
widowmanservant