Phèdre

09/25/2003

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0hr 0min

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Drama

STORY

Hèdre is queen but doesn't love the king. She prefers his son Hippolytus, whom he had from a first marriage, to Theseus. A guilty love, hidden by feigned hatred, that makes her suffer and perish, and that she can't keep from confessing as soon as she hears of the king's death. But Hippolyte doesn't love her. And the monarch is only wounded. Ashamed, the queen can no longer look at him. Oenone, her confidante, tries to save her by making the king believe that the outrage comes from his son. Fanned by Theseus, the fury of the gods strikes Hippolytus. The adulteress kills herself.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Dominique Blanc
  • Eric Ruf
  • Pascal Greggory
  • Michel Duchaussoy
  • Christiane Cohendy

    Directors

  • Stéphane Metge
  • Patrice Chéreau

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • ARTE
  • Azor Films
  • Love Streams Productions
  • INA
  • Odéon Théâtre de l'Europe

    Production Countries

  • France

LANGUAGES

  • French