The Screen Illusion

(2010)

★ 3.8 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 2010

Runtime: 88 мин

Country: France

Director: Матьё Амальрик

Cast: Suliane Brahim, Loïc Corbery, Denis Podalydès, Alain Lenglet, Эрве Пьер, Julie Sicard, Adrien Gamba-Gontard, Jean-Baptiste Malartre

Plot

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)