Phèdre

Sep 25, 2003

★ 5.6

Overview

Hèdre is queen but doesn't love the king. She prefers his son Hippolytus, whom he had from a first marriage, to Theseus. A guilty love, hidden by feigned hatred, that makes her suffer and perish, and that she can't keep from confessing as soon as she hears of the king's death. But Hippolyte doesn't love her. And the monarch is only wounded. Ashamed, the queen can no longer look at him. Oenone, her confidante, tries to save her by making the king believe that the outrage comes from his son. Fanned by Theseus, the fury of the gods strikes Hippolytus. The adulteress kills herself.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

ARTE

Azor Films

Love Streams Productions

INA

Odéon Théâtre de l'Europe

Phèdre Trailers

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Cast

Phèdre

Dominique Blanc

Hippolyte

Eric Ruf

Thésée

Pascal Greggory

Théramène

Michel Duchaussoy

Oenone

Christiane Cohendy

Aricie

Marina Hands

Panope

Nathalie Bécue

Ismène

Agnès Sourdillon

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