Le misanthrope /
Having lost all patience with the flattery and hypocrisy of fashionable society, Alceste has vowed to speak and act only with complete sincerity. Parodoxically, he falls in love with the epitome of all that he despises: the cruel coquette Celimene. When Alceste resolves to abandon society once and f...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | French |
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Princeton, NJ :
Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
[2003]
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| Summary: | Having lost all patience with the flattery and hypocrisy of fashionable society, Alceste has vowed to speak and act only with complete sincerity. Parodoxically, he falls in love with the epitome of all that he despises: the cruel coquette Celimene. When Alceste resolves to abandon society once and for all, he invites her to accompany him but she is more in love with her frivolous lifestyle than with him. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. "Produced by the Société des Comédiens Franc̜ais"--Container. Copyright date 1989 for videocassette release. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Bernard Girod ; editor, Claude Boissonnade. |