L'adversaire
  • motion picture
  • 2h 9m

L'adversaire

  • 2002
  • Director Nicole Garcia

On January 9th 1993, Jean-Claude Romand murdered his wife, his children and his parents before trying and failing to kill himself. Investigations revealed that he was not a doctor, as he had claimed fo the past eighteen years. Neither - even more difficult to believe - was he anything else. On the point of being discovered, he prefered to eliminate thise whom he could not bear to see him revealed.

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With Daniel Auteuil, Géraldine Pailhas, François Cluzet, Emmanuelle Devos
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Synopsis

On January 9th 1993, Jean-Claude Romand murdered his wife, his children and his parents before trying and failing to kill himself. Investigations revealed that he was not a doctor, as he had claimed fo the past eighteen years. Neither - even more difficult to believe - was he anything else. On the point of being discovered, he prefered to eliminate thise whom he could not bear to see him revealed.

Details

Start
04.09.2002 French-speaking Switzerland
Duration
2h 9m
Format
35mm, colour
Distribution Switzerland
VEGA Distribution AG, Zurich
Production
Les Films Alain Sarde, Paris, France 3 Cinéma, Pauline's Angel, Vega Film, Zürich, Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR), Vertigo Films (Espagne), avec le soutien de l'Office Fédéral de la Culture, Succès Cinéma, avec la participation de Canal+, Sofica Image 8, Via Digital

Credits

Director
Nicole Garcia
Script
Jacques Fieschi, Frédéric Bélier-Garcia, Nicole Garcia nach dem Buch von Emmanuel Carrère
Producer
Alain Sarde, Ruth Waldburger, Andrés Martin
Cast
Daniel Auteuil, Géraldine Pailhas, François Cluzet, Emmanuelle Devos
Photography
Jean-Marc Fabre
Editing
Emmanuelle Castro
Sound
Jean-Pierre Duret
Music
Angelo Badalamenti
Art direction
Véronique Barneoud
Costumes
Nathalie de Roscoät
Versions
F/d