The Adversary (film)

L'Adversaire
Directed by	Nicole Garcia
Produced by	Alain Sarde
Written by	Frederic Belier-Garcia and Jacques Fieschi, from the book by Emmanuel Carrère
Starring	Daniel Auteuil, Géraldine Pailhas
Music by	Angelo Badalamenti
Cinematography	Jean-Marc Fabre
Editing by	Emmanuelle Castro
Release date(s)	28 August 2002
Running time	130 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	9,062,658 €

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

Based on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuel Carrère, it 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.

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

Cast

• Daniel Auteuil ... Jean-Marc Faure
• Géraldine Pailhas ... Christine Faure
• François Cluzet ... Luc
• Emmanuelle Devos ... Marianne
• Alice Fauvet ... Alice
• Martin Jobert ... Vincent
• Michel Cassagne ... Le père de Jean-Marc
• Joséphine Derenne ... La mère de Jean-Marc
• Anne Loiret ... Cécile
• Olivier Cruveiller ... Jean-Jacques
• Nadine Alari ... La mère de Christine
• Nicolas Abraham ... Xavier
• Bernard Fresson ... Le père de Christine
• François Berléand ... Rémi
• Sibylle Blanc ... waitress

External links

• Adversaire, L' (2002) at the Internet Movie Database
• L'Adversaire at AllRovi