The Adversary (film)

The Adversary (French: L'Adversaire) is a 2002 French drama film directed by Nicole Garcia, starring Daniel Auteuil and Géraldine Pailhas.^[2]

The Adversary
Film poster
Directed by	Nicole Garcia
Written by	Frederic Belier-Garcia Jacques Fieschi, from the book by Emmanuel Carrère
Produced by	Alain Sarde
Starring	Daniel Auteuil Géraldine Pailhas
Cinematography	Jean-Marc Fabre
Edited by	Emmanuelle Castro
Music by	Angelo Badalamenti
Distributed by	BAC Films
Release date	28 August 2002 (2002-08-28)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$5.7 million [1]

Plot

The film is based on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuel Carrère which is inspired by the real-life story of Jean-Claude Romand. L'Adversaire's protagonist Jean-Marc Faure (Auteuil) pursues an imaginary career as a doctor of medicine in a plot more closely based on Romand's life and Carrère's book than was Laurent Cantet's 2001 film L'Emploi du Temps.

Cast

• Daniel Auteuil as Jean-Marc Faure
• Géraldine Pailhas as Christine Faure
• François Cluzet as Luc
• Emmanuelle Devos as Marianne
• Alice Fauvet as Alice
• Martin Jobert as Vincent
• Michel Cassagne as Jean-Marc's father
• Joséphine Derenne as Jean-Marc's mother
• Anne Loiret as Cécile
• Olivier Cruveiller as Jean-Jacques
• Nadine Alari as Christine's mother
• Nicolas Abraham as Xavier
• Bernard Fresson as Christine's father
• François Berléand as Rémi
• Sibylle Blanc as waitress
• Anne Benoît

Accolades

The film was nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.^[3] At the César Awards 2003 Auteuil was nominated as Best actor, François Cluzet as Best supporting actor and Emmanuelle Devos as Best supporting actress.