Conte d’hiver (Le). Dir. Luc Bondy (1988)

Patricia DORVAL

Adaptation

1. Film data

Conte d’hiver (Le) (Winter's Tale (The))
Filmed theatre
Director(s) : Luc Bondy
Cast : Michel Piccoli (Leontes), Bulle Ogier (Hermione), Benjamin Levy (Mamillius), Bernard Ballet (Polixenes), Marc Citti (Florizel), Roland Amstutz (Antigonus), Nada Strancar (Paulina), Philippe Morier-Genoud (Camillo), Howard Vernon (Cleomenes), Thibault De Montalembert (Dion), Jérôme Nicolin (Archidamus), André Julien (Old Shephard), Roch Leibovici (Clown), Miloud Khetib (Autolycus), Laura Benson (Perdita), Marianne Denicourt (Emilia)
Script : Unknown
Source : translation by Bernard-Marie Koltès
Cinematography : Pierre Dupouey
Editing : Unknown
Music : Catherine Schroeder
Design : Richard Peduzzi
Costumes : Moidele Bickel
Producer(s) : Unknown
Production : Théâtre National Populaire de Villeurbanne & Festival d'Avignon
Running time : 110 min.
Country(ies) : France
Year : 1988
Color
Language(s) : French
Video publisher : Unavailable
Medium(s) : TV Recording

English Synopsis

Filmed production of William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. Leontes, the King of Sicily, fears cuckoldry when he observes his pregnant wife, Hermione, showing hospitality to his childhood friend Polixenes, the King of Bohemia. His stubbornness and paranoia prove fatal. The play untangles issues of trust, family, loyalty, and legitimacy.

3. Analysis

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