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Le Radeau de la Mduse (film)

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'Le Radeau de la Mduse' (English: 'The Raft of the Medusa') is a French film by Iranian film director Iradj Azimi. It is based on the 1816 wreck of the French frigate 'Mduse', and the 1819 painting 'Le Radeau de la Mduse' by Jean-Louis Andr Thodore Gricault which depicts the event.See : "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 Thodore Gricault (1791-1824)". Filming began in 1987, but was interrupted by Hurricane Hugo in September 1989, which delayed completion of the film until the following year. See : "Work on this film began in 1987, but sets destroyed by Hurricane Hugo caused delays, so the film was not completed until 1990". Distribution of film then languished for several years, until Azimi cut his wrist in front of officials of the French Ministry of Culture.See : "However, it then remained undistributed until an incident in which writer-director Azimi slashed his wrists in front of French Ministry of Culture officials".

Plot



1816. After the Battle of Waterloo, Louis XVIII is restored to the French throne. De Rochefort sets sail for Senegal on the frigate 'Mduse', captained by Captain Chaumareys, with the future governor of Senegal and his wife, Julien and Reine Schmaltz, on board. In no time, the atmosphere of the voyage is thick with hatred and mistrust. The tension mounts between the autocratic, incompetent Captain Chaumareys and Coudein, his lieutenant, until one fine day in June, despite Coudein's warnings, the 'Mduse' is inexplicably wrecked.

Cast



*Jean Yanne (Duroy de Chaumareys)

*Daniel Mesguich (Lt. Jean-Daniel Coudein)

*Alain Mac (Henri Savigny)

*Claude Jade (Reine-Rene Schmaltz)

*Philippe Laudenbach (Julien-Dsir Schmaltz)

*Michel Baumann (Alexandre Corrard)

*Victor Garrivier (Antoine Richefort)

*Laurent Terzieff (Thodore Gricault)

*Jean Desailly (La Tullaye)

*Rufus (Soldier Musician)

See also



* French frigate 'Mduse' (1810)

* 'The Raft of the Medusa'

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