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French Tales & Novels from the 19th Century
The Haunted Chair (Le Fauteuil Hanté, 2009)
France
Adapted from: The Haunted Chair, Gaston Leroux
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Michael Lonsdale, Michel Duchaussoy
Presentation:
Eurochannel offers a journey through time in search of treasured French literature of the 19th century. The most illustrious writers are present: Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, Emile Zola, etc…, adapted, in costume, with the set and the music of that era by one of the best French directors and portrayed by the greatest French actors such as Marie-Anne Chazel, Didier Bourdon, Samuel Le Bihan, and Regis Laspalès.
Enjoy classic humor in the French 19th century spirit! When the greatest French authors of the 19th century meet the best French actors of today, it creates a stunning production you will not want to miss.
Synopsis:
A newspaper article comes out with the title "The Haunted chair!” It talks about how candidates for the vacant position in the French Academy were dying suddenly one after the other. The question arises: who benefits from all those crimes? A journalist is intrigued by the article and begins conducting his own investigation. He meets Lalouette (Michel Duchaussoy), an expert in gossip with an attentive ear and Patard (Pierre Vernier), the Permanent Secretary of the Academy who is annoyed at the number of people now dead. Panic and fear set in and suspicions spread.
Trivia:
• Gaston Leroux also wrote the novel which would become the world famous musical, The Phantom of the Opera
• The film is directed by French great, Claude Chabrol and it was his last work.
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