Michel, a business man, is having a torrid love affair with Alice, a doctor. Both are married to other people, but for six months now they have been making time for their trysts in hotels. Alice wants more. She longs to spend a night with her lover away from Paris. Michel, who has a good thing going is concerned what he will tell his own wife, Laurence, about an illicit week-end he will spend in Alice's company.
Facing Laurence, Michel gets all shaken up because he is feeling the pressure and the guilt that went along with the love affair he embarked upon. His wife questions him about what he has been up to that same afternoon, when he failed to answer her phone call in trying to locate him. In fact, she ran into Paul, the unemployed husband of Alice, who had not heard from Michel in a few days, even though they are tennis partners. Both Paul and Laurence will have a lot to account for themselves as Michel, later in the story, decides to come clean to his wife.
"La verite" a delightful play that was popular in Paris is one of those French comedies with a lot of wit and charm involving four people who might have more to do with one another than really meets the eye. This film was taped on a live performance at the Montparnasse theater in Paris under the direction of Vitold Krysinsky. Written for the stage by Florian Zeller, it is one of those boulevard plays so popular in the French stage involving deception, and a few surprises at the end of the final act.
Pierre Arditi, a film actor who feels quite at home on a stage makes a fantastic "tour de force" as Michel, the man at the center of the story. It is a theatrical presentation, showing the cast on stage delighting the audience. At one point Mr. Arditi falls out of character when someone in the audience makes him laugh and he has a hard time trying to keep a straight face, as does the wonderful Fanny Cottencon playing Alice. Patrice Kerbrat and Christiane Millet appear as Paul and Laurence.
A play that is lot of fun to watch with an impeccable cast under the direction of Mr. Krysinsky.
Facing Laurence, Michel gets all shaken up because he is feeling the pressure and the guilt that went along with the love affair he embarked upon. His wife questions him about what he has been up to that same afternoon, when he failed to answer her phone call in trying to locate him. In fact, she ran into Paul, the unemployed husband of Alice, who had not heard from Michel in a few days, even though they are tennis partners. Both Paul and Laurence will have a lot to account for themselves as Michel, later in the story, decides to come clean to his wife.
"La verite" a delightful play that was popular in Paris is one of those French comedies with a lot of wit and charm involving four people who might have more to do with one another than really meets the eye. This film was taped on a live performance at the Montparnasse theater in Paris under the direction of Vitold Krysinsky. Written for the stage by Florian Zeller, it is one of those boulevard plays so popular in the French stage involving deception, and a few surprises at the end of the final act.
Pierre Arditi, a film actor who feels quite at home on a stage makes a fantastic "tour de force" as Michel, the man at the center of the story. It is a theatrical presentation, showing the cast on stage delighting the audience. At one point Mr. Arditi falls out of character when someone in the audience makes him laugh and he has a hard time trying to keep a straight face, as does the wonderful Fanny Cottencon playing Alice. Patrice Kerbrat and Christiane Millet appear as Paul and Laurence.
A play that is lot of fun to watch with an impeccable cast under the direction of Mr. Krysinsky.
