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Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Géraldine Pailhas, François Cluzet, Emmanuelle Devos, Bernard Fresson
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Adversary |
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THE ADVERSARY (L'Adversaire) is a French drama directed by Nicole Garcia in 2002.
The movie depicts the life of Jean-Marc Faure and his family who have just moved near Geneva, Switzerland. For fifteen years, Jean-Marc will lie to his wife, his children and his friends, pretending that he's working as a doctor at the World Health Organization in Geneva. Nobody will ever have doubts about his status. Every morning, Jean-Marc takes his car, heads to Geneva and spends the time reading or driving into the country. Convinced that Jean-Marc is also a smart financier, his friends trust him with important funds Jean-Marc will use to buy a house and give a suitable standard of living to his family. But, after all these years of lies and elaborate strategies, when a neighbour discovers that the WHO administration doesn't know him at all, Jean-Marc will then murder his wife, his children and his parents and burn his house.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Adversary |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- con-artist/white collar crime
Lover is...
- criminal/bad doer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (woman) long curly
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
- Switzerland
Forest?
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- Paris
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- in awe
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- seeing breasts
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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