Alceste a bicyclette

Cycling with Moliere
Director
Philippe Le Guay
Country
France
Year
2013
Genre
Comedy
Scriptwriters
Philippe Le Guay and Fabrice Luchini
Cast
Fabrice Luchini
Lambert Wilson
Maya Sansa
Production
Les Films des Tournelles
Pathé
Appaloosa Développement

Storyline

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 title role. Gauthier is convinced he will accept, since Serge himself has become a misanthrope, withdrawn from society and raging against the world.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. 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...

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Tribeca Film Festival 2013

César 2014
Nominated

Releases

United kingdom (6 of July 2014)
Spain (25 of April 2014)