The Counterfeiters (2010)
- Original title
- Les Faux-Monnayeurs
- Directed by
- Benoît Jacquot
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film, LGBT-related television series
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 2h 01m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 4.7 of 10 from 28 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man named Edouard X. navigates tangled relationships with young Olivier and others. The story examines deception and hidden desires among a group of friends in 1920s France.
literaryintimatedeliberatebittersweetsubtlereflectiveunderstatedcharacter-driven
What happens
The Counterfeiters (French: Les Faux-monnayeurs) is a 2010 television film based on the 1925 novel The Counterfeiters by André Gide. The two-hour film was directed by Benoît Jacquot and stars Melvil Poupaud as Edouard X., Maxime Berger as Olivier, and Dolores Chaplin as Lady Lilian Griffith. Originally Jacquot, who is also the screenwriter, had planned this project as a 180-minute two-parter, but this was later reduced to a 120-minute telefilm. The film premiered on France 2 on January 5, 2011. In March 2012, it was released on region 2 DVD by Optimale. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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