L'illusion comique

  • 77'
  • France
  • 2010
In the eight years that Mathieu Amalric had to wait to complete Tournée (Best Director at Cannes 2010), the actor/director was commissioned by the Comédie Française to make this adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s 1635 play. A tour de force considering the alexandrines in which Corneille wrote the story, maintained in the new version. L’illusion comique, part of a series of contemporary theatre films by the Comédie, tells the story of a father looking for a son who left home years before. In order to find out what he’s doing, the father hires a magician: the concierge of a hotel, where a room with security cameras replaces the old magic crystal ball. Travelling back and forth in time, the video shots reveal the son's large, tragicomic life. The continuous play of watching and being watched, fiction and reality, turn L’illusion comique into a homage to the playwright and theatrical illusion.
  • 77'
  • France
  • 2010
Director
Mathieu Amalric
Premiere
International première
Country of production
France
Year
2010
Festival Edition
IFFR 2011
Length
77'
Medium
HDcam
Language
French
Production Companies
Maïa cinéma, Les Films de Pierre, La Comédie-Française
Sales
Le Pacte
Screenplay
Mathieu Amalric, based on the play by Pierre Corneille
Cinematography
Isabelle Razavet
Editor
Annette Dutertre, Annette Dutertre
Production Design
Charlotte Ortiz
Sound Design
Séverin Favriau
Music
Martin Wheeler
Cast
Muriel Mayette, Jean-Baptiste Malartre
Director
Mathieu Amalric
Premiere
International première
Country of production
France
Year
2010
Festival Edition
IFFR 2011
Length
77'
Medium
HDcam
Language
French
Production Companies
Maïa cinéma, Les Films de Pierre, La Comédie-Française
Sales
Le Pacte
Screenplay
Mathieu Amalric, based on the play by Pierre Corneille
Cinematography
Isabelle Razavet
Editor
Annette Dutertre, Annette Dutertre
Production Design
Charlotte Ortiz
Sound Design
Séverin Favriau
Music
Martin Wheeler
Cast
Muriel Mayette, Jean-Baptiste Malartre