France Spring 2020. Blocked by his first imprisonment, Arnaud Desplechin is forced to abandon a huge cinematic project to move on to a more realized project in this time of the pandemic.
Then he thinks about wanting to adapt cheatingA novel by American author Philip Roth, published in the 1990s. This story, a long series of dialogues with characters who are hardly identifiable in unexplained places, does touch on certain themes associated with imprisonment, such as closed doors and freedom.
Faithful to the text, Arnaud Desplechin constructs it with his co-author Julie Peyer to rewrite the story of Philip, a famous American writer who emigrated to London in 1987. His visits to the ladies arouse his wife’s jealousy as much as they feed him. his inspiration.
In front of the camera, filmmaker Denise Podalides leads with Léa Seydoux, Emmanuelle Davos, Anouk Greenberg, Madalina Constantine and Rebecca Marder, all excellent and enhanced by Yorick Le Saxe’s photography.
With great psychological verisimilitude, Deception clearly reconnects Desplechin’s romantic vein.
Arnaud Desplechin’s Cheating with Denise Podalides, Léa Seydoux, Emmanuelle Davos…
Tonight at Arte at 20:55.
Source: Allocine
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