The Screen Illusion (2010)
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)
Cast
Suliane Brahim
Isabelle, fille de Géronte
Loïc Corbery
Clindor
Denis Podalydès
Matamore
Alain Lenglet
Pridamant
Hervé Pierre
Alcandre
Julie Sicard
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