Bicycling with Molière (2013) ( Alceste à bicyclette )

Bicycling with Molière (2013) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Alceste à bicyclette
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
101 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Philippe Le Guay

Written By:
Fabrice Luchini
Philippe Le Guay

Actors:
Fabrice Luchini ..... Serge Tanneur
Lambert Wilson ..... Gauthier Valence
Maya Sansa ..... Francesca
Camille Japy ..... Christine
Ged Marlon ..... Christophe Meynard - l'agent immobilier
Stéphan Wojtowicz ..... Le chauffeur de taxi
Annie Mercier ..... Tamara - l'agent artistique
Christine Murillo ..... Madame Françon
Josiane Stoléru ..... Raphaëlle La Puisaye
Laurie Bordesoules ..... Zoé
Édith Le Merdy ..... Madame Bichet - l'hôtelière
Patrick Bonnel ..... Roussel
Philippe du Janerand ..... Le directeur du théâtre
Jean-Charles Delaume ..... Philinte sur scène
Jean-Marc Rousseau ..... Le plombier

Synopsis:

Retired actor Serge (Fabrice Luchini) is approached by Gauthier (Lambert Wilson) to star in a play, but he plays hard to get. Serge's new lover, the play's producer, and his agent arrive on the same weekend to pressure him to make up his mind.

A once great actor, Serge Tanneur (Fabrice Luchini), has retired from the limelight. Too much pressure meant that one day, he simply decided he would act no more. For the past three years, he has lived in solitude on the Île de Ré, spending his time cycling through the windswept landscape. Fellow actor Gauthier Valence (Lambert Wilson), whose career is flying high, is planning a production of Molière's play The Misanthrope and wants to offer Serge the role of Filinte. Gauthier is convinced he will accept, since Serge himself has become a misanthrope, withdrawn from society and raging against the world. It would be wonderful to see him return in that part. But Serge plays hard to get, first of all as he want to play the title role. Instead of committing, he suggests they rehearse together for the week. Things look to be going well, especially when a mysterious Italian divorcee (Maya Sansa) brings a romantic spark into his life. With the play's producer, Gauthier's agent and his lover all arriving on the island at the weekend, the pressure is on Serge to make up his mind. Is he merely toying with Gauthier, or does he really intend to take to the stage once more?

Two actors. One play. Can the differences between the two egocentric men be put aside for the sake of friendship and theatre?

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