Cycling with Molière (2013)
Rating: 6.5/10
Duration: 104 min
Year: 2013
Director(s): Philippe Le Guay
Description:
Serge Tanneur is at the pinnacle of his acting career when he decides to turn his back on show business and become a hermit living off of France’s Atlantic coast. Three years later, Gauthier Valence, a beloved TV actor, shows up on the island to offer Serge a role in his directorial debut – a rendition of Molière’s classic play, “The Misanthrope”. Serge refuses at first, but then suggests that they rehearse the first scene and after five days he’ll decide if he wants to dothe play or not. What ensues is a battle of brawn and wits and peculiar encounters with a hotel maid who longs to be a pornstar and an Italian divorcée.
Cast
- Philippe du Janerand as Director of the theater
- Fabrice Luchini as Serge Tanneur
- Camille Japy as Christine
- Lambert Wilson as Gauthier Valence
- Maya Sansa as Francesca
- Stéphan Wojtowicz as Taxi driver
- Patrick Bonnel as Roussel
- Annie Mercier as Tamara, artistic agent
- Ged Marlon as Christophe Meynard, real estate agent
- Christine Murillo as Mrs. Françon
- Josiane Stoléru as Raphaëlle La Puisaye
- Laurie Bordesoules as Zoé
- Édith Le Merdy as Madame Bichet, hotelkeeper
- Jean-Charles Delaume as Philinte on stage
- Jean-Marc Rousseau as Plumber
