
Le radeau de la Méduse (1998)
Overview
Iranian Iradj Azimi directed this French historical drama re-creating events depicted in the famous 1819 painting The Raft of the Medusa by Jean Louis Andre Theodore Gericault (1791-1824). The ill-fated voyage of the frigate Medusa begins when it departs Rochefort for Senegal in 1816. After striking a sandbar off the African coast, 150 civilians row safely to shore, but Captain Chaumareys (Jean Yanne) orders 140 soldiers and sailors onto a raft (minus supplies) and has it cut loose. Only 14 survive from the 140, creating a scandal back in France. Gericault (Laurent Terzieff) later talks to three of the survivors while researching his painting. Work on this film began in 1987, but sets destroyed by Hurricane Hugo caused delays, so the film was not completed until 1990. However, it then remained undistributed until an incident in which writer-director Azimi slashed his wrists in front of French Ministry of Culture officials.
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Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | fr |
Popularity | 0.107 |
Directed By
Iradj Azimi
Crew
Iradj Azimi
Dominique Louis
Ricardo Aronovich
Walther van den Ende
Iradj Azimi
Alexis Pezas
Iradj Azimi
Jacques Douy
Pierre Dupouey
Carl Davis
Georges Klotz
TOP CAST

Jean Yanne
Chaumareys

Daniel Mesguich
Coudein

Claude Jade
Reine Schmaltz

Philippe Laudenbach
Julien Schmaltz
Alain Macé
Coudein

Rufus
Harmonica

Victor Garrivier
Richefort

Michel Baumann
Maître d'équipage

Laurent Terzieff
Théodore Géricault

Jean Desailly
La Tullaye

Marie Matheron
la cantinière aveugle

Laurence Hamelin
la cantinière
Stephanie Lanoux
Mlle Schmaltz