The Idiot (L'idiot) 16 years old
Dostoevsky
Léon returns to Dostoevsky to film an episode from The Idiot, starring Jeanne Balibar as the femme fatale Nastassia Philippovna, who finds herself juggling the affections of four men over the course of a single evening. One is her benefactor, the bourgeois Totsky (film historian Bernard Eisenschitz). Another is the opportunistic Ganya (Serge Bozon), whom Totsky has promised 75,000 rubles if he will marry Nastassia. Enter Rogozhin, who offers Nastassia 100,000 rubles for her hand. And of course, the “idiot,” Prince Myshkin, who loves Nastassia madly and vows to “save” her. Shot in elegant black-and-white with a peerless cast, The Idiot distills the power of Dostoevsky’s great novel into a singular hour of cinema.
Credits
The Idiot Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Serge Bozon He was 35, now 52 years old | as Ganya |
| Jeanne Balibar She was 40, now 56 years old | as Nastassya Filippovna |
| Sylvie Testud She was 37, now 53 years old | as Darya Alexeyevna |
| Vladimir Léon He was 39, now 55 years old | as Rogozhin |
| Martial Salomon He was 31, now 47 years old | as Ptitsyn |
| Maurice Thomas | as Medical student |
| Laurent Lacotte He was 55, now 71 years old | as Prince Myshkin |
The Idiot Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Martial Salomon as Editor. He was 31 (now 47) years old | Editing |
The Idiot (16 years)
Dostoevsky
- Release day: Thursday, August 07, 2008
- Runtime: 60 minutes