It is a French tragicomedy, trying to present philosophy with humor, affording much food for thought. Serge is quite misanthropic but much complicated for lacking of sincerity, and Valence is just the opposite. Both of the actors have deficiency comparing to Alceste, and both are conceited. And this is one comic reason leading to tragedy.
Another comic reason is kind of paradox. The perfect Alecste will never show himself on the stage because of his nature, who will instead sit along the river alone and enjoy the pure happiness far away from the city, just as the time of their rehearsal we remember, those pure moments when they forgot the stage.
By the way, I like Lambert Wilson.
Another comic reason is kind of paradox. The perfect Alecste will never show himself on the stage because of his nature, who will instead sit along the river alone and enjoy the pure happiness far away from the city, just as the time of their rehearsal we remember, those pure moments when they forgot the stage.
By the way, I like Lambert Wilson.