![]() In fact, Deception is usually considered one of Roth’s weaker literary efforts - a book where he seems to be running on Rothian autopilot. But the movie that results, Deception ( Tromperie), based on a 1990 novel starring Roth himself (or someone very much like him: a 50-something American writer named Philip who lives in London and has an affair with a married English woman nearly half his age), doesn’t show either auteur to be at the top of his game. To that extent, the idea of Desplechin adapting Roth to the big screen feels like a no-brainer. Screenwriters: Arnaud Desplechin, Julie Peyr, based on the novel by Philip Roth Venue: Cannes Film Festival (Cannes Premières)Ĭast: Denis Podalydès, Léa Seydoux, Anouk Grinberg, Emmanuelle Devos, Rebecca Marder, Madalina Constantin It therefore comes as no surprise that Desplechin has been a longtime fan of Philip Roth, whose books are marked by many of the same obsessions, not to mention a similar focus on families in the midst of major upheavals - something on display in Desplechin’s most-beloved works, A Christmas Tale and Kings & Queen. ![]() The previous films of French director Arnaud Desplechin have included, on a semi-regular basis, scenes of long, cerebral post-coital discussions ( My Sex Life… or How I Got Into an Argument) characters who are either Jewish ( Esther Kahn) or linked to the former Eastern Bloc ( The Sentinel) narratives that break down the barriers between theater, cinema and non-fiction ( Playing ‘In the Company of Men’) and sometimes all of the above at once ( Ismael’s Ghosts, which opened Cannes in 2017).
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