The Counterfeiters (2010 film)

The Counterfeiters (French: Les Faux-monnayeurs) is a 2010 television film based on the 1925 novel The Counterfeiters by André Gide. The two-hour film was directed by Benoît Jacquot and stars Melvil Poupaud as Edouard X., Maxime Berger as Olivier, and Dolores Chaplin as Lady Lilian Griffith.

The Counterfeiters
Region 2 DVD cover
Directed byBenoît Jacquot
Produced byGuy Séligmann
Written byBenoît Jacquot
Based onLes Faux-Monnayeurs
by André Gide
StarringMelvil Poupaud
Maxime Berger
Dolores Chaplin
Music byBruno Coulais
CinematographyRomain Winding
Edited byLuc Barnier
Production
company
Carrimages 5
France 2 (FR2)
Sodaperaga Productions
Distributed byOptimale
Release date
  • 28 January 2010 (2010-01-28) (Fipa Film Festival)
  • 5 January 2011 (2011-01-05) (France)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Originally Jacquot, who is also the screenwriter, had planned this project as a 180-minute two-parter, but this was later reduced to a 120-minute telefilm.[1]

The film premiered on France 2 on January 5, 2011.[2][3] In March 2012, it was released on region 2 DVD by Optimale.[4]

Cast
  • Melvil Poupaud as Edouard
  • Patrick Mille as Robert de Passavant
  • Jules-Angelo Bigarnet as Bernard
  • Maxime Berger as Olivier
  • Laurence Cordier as Laura Azaïs
  • Vladimir Consigny as Vincent
  • Dolores Chaplin as Lilian Griffith
  • Jean-Marc Stehlé as M. Lapérouse
  • Anne Bennent as Sphroniska
  • Thomas Momplot as Georges
  • Sandrine Dumas as Pauline
  • Daniel Martin as Oscar
  • Anne Duverneuil as Sarah
  • Hervé Pierre as M. Profitendieu
  • Catherine Davenier as Mme Profitendieu
  • Pavel Stepantchuk as Boris
  • Jean-Damien Barbin as Alfred Jarry

References
  1. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.lefigaro.fr/programmes-tele/2011/01/05/03012-20110105ARTFIG00364-benoit-jacquot-dans-l-univers-de-gide.php
  2. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1594510/releaseinfo
  3. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://television.telerama.fr/television/fipa-les-faux-monnayeurs,52103.php
  4. http://www.optimale.fr/osc/faux-monnayeurs-p-704.html


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