Synopsis
A poor but ambitious young man arrives in Paris and settles down in the boarding house run by Madame Vauquer. He soon gets to know the guests: Victorine Taillefer, a young lady her rich father refuses to recognize; Horace Bianchon, a medical student; Monsieur Vautrin, a mysterious and disconcerting man; Goriot, a rich merchant who spent all his fortune for his daughters, Delphine and Anastasie, to make a rich marriage. Eugène becomes friends with Goriot but while the former, thanks to his cousin Madame de Beauséant, is introduced in high society, Goriot, both exploited and scoffed at by his daughters, continues his descent into hell.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean-Daniel VerhaegheDirector
- Carolin PetitOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Charles AznavourJean-Joachim Goriot
- Tchéky KaryoVautrin
- Malik ZidiEugène de Rastignac
- Maruschka DetmersLa vicomtesse de Beauséant
- Nadia BarentinMme Vauquer
- Florence DarelDelphine de Nucingen
- Rosemarie La VaulléeAnastasie de Restaud
- Pierre VernierPoiret
- Anca AndroneVictorine Taillefer
- Raluca PenuMme Couture
- Mihai CălinHorace Bianchon
- Monalisa BasarabPrincesse de Galathionne
Themes
based on novel or bookbalzac