The Adversary (2002)
Rating: 6.6/10
Duration: 129 min
Year: 2002
Director(s): Nicole Garcia
Description:
Based on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuel Carrère, it 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. The film was nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
- Daniel Auteuil as Jean-Marc Faure
- François Berléand as Rémi
- François Cluzet as Luc
- Anne Loiret as Cécile
- Géraldine Pailhas as Christine Faure
- Emmanuelle Devos as Marianne
- Olivier Cruveiller as Jean-Jacques
- Alice Fauvet as Alice
- Martin Jobert as Vincent
- Michel Cassagne as Le père de Jean-Marc
- Joséphine Derenne as La mère de Jean-Marc
- Nadine Alari as La mère de Christine
- Nicolas Abraham as Xavier
- Bernard Fresson as Le père de Christine
- Humbert Balsan as Dr. Michel Philippot
