View Item - FR-P004-1968
Language:
FrenchCategory:
DramaDuration:
93 minCatalog Num:
FR-P004-1968 Title:
PhèdreItem Type:
VideoMedium:
VHSProgram:
Romance LanguagesReserved:
NoStatus:
AvailablePhèdre fights her own incestuous passion until she sees that the only solution is to take her own life. Then, upon being urged by her confidant, she reveals her love, and continues down the inevitable path to tragedy and destruction. Here is a spectacular French production of Racine's great play that treats the classical past with respect while demonstrating its continued, living interest. If it was the playwright's goal to show people as they are--not as they ought to be--then this performance represents French classical drama at its most moving, with equal attention to the language itself, the lavishness of sets and costumes, and the passion and appropriateness of the acting. Notes: a movie production of Racine's classical tragedy.
Director: Pierre Jourdan. Actors: Marie Bell, Jean Chevrier, Jacques Dacqmine . Color. Country: France. Subtitled.
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