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(Redirected from L'Adversaire) 2002 French film
The Adversary
Film poster
Directed byNicole Garcia
Written byFrederic Belier-Garcia
Jacques Fieschi, from the book by Emmanuel Carrère
Produced byAlain Sarde
StarringDaniel Auteuil
Géraldine Pailhas
CinematographyJean-Marc Fabre
Edited byEmmanuelle Castro
Music byAngelo Badalamenti
Distributed byBAC Films
Release date
  • 28 August 2002 (2002-08-28)
Running time130 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$5.7 million

The Adversary (French: L'Adversaire) is a 2002 French drama film directed by Nicole Garcia, starring Daniel Auteuil and Géraldine Pailhas.

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

Accolades

The film was nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. 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

  1. "The Adversary".
  2. "The Adversary". cineuropa.org. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  3. "Festival de Cannes: The Adversary". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-25.

External links

Films directed by Nicole Garcia


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