The Adversary (film)
2002 French film
- 28 August 2002 (2002-08-28)
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The Adversary (French: L'Adversaire) is a 2002 French drama film directed by Nicole Garcia, starring Daniel Auteuil and Géraldine Pailhas.[2]
Plot
The film is based on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuel Carrère which is inspired by the real-life story of Jean-Claude Romand. L'Adversaire's protagonist Jean-Marc Faure (Auteuil) pursues an imaginary career as a doctor of medicine in a plot more closely based on Romand's life and Carrère's book than was Laurent Cantet's 2001 film L'Emploi du Temps.
Cast
- Daniel Auteuil as Jean-Marc Faure
- Géraldine Pailhas as Christine Faure
- François Cluzet as Luc
- Emmanuelle Devos as Marianne
- Alice Fauvet as Alice
- Martin Jobert as Vincent
- Michel Cassagne as Jean-Marc's father
- Joséphine Derenne as Jean-Marc's mother
- Anne Loiret as Cécile
- Olivier Cruveiller as Jean-Jacques
- Nadine Alari as Christine's mother
- Nicolas Abraham as Xavier
- Bernard Fresson as Christine's father
- François Berléand as Rémi
- Sibylle Blanc as waitress
- Anne Benoît
Accolades
The film was nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.[3] At the César Awards 2003 Auteuil was nominated as Best actor, François Cluzet as Best supporting actor and Emmanuelle Devos as Best supporting actress.
References
External links
- The Adversary at IMDb
- The Adversary at AllMovie
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Films directed by Nicole Garcia
- Every Other Weekend (1990)
- The Favourite Son (1994)
- Place Vendôme (1998)
- The Adversary (2002)
- Charlie Says (2006)
- A View of Love (2010)
- Going Away (2013)
- From the Land of the Moon (2016)
- Lovers (2020)
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