Luigi Pirandello, Jean Rochefort or Tom Cruise: three men of your choice to taste on the TV menu this Friday evening.
By Caroline Besse
Posted on May 02, 2025 at 06:50
A visionary text: “Six characters in search of an author”
Lucid room
Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) aroused the scandal by being one of the first to introduce doubt in the theater. With this play, the Italian playwright leads us into labyrinths. A philosophical drama sometimes verbose, but often funny.
At 10:35 p.m. on France 5. Piece by Luigi Pirandello and Fabrice Melquiot. Directed by Marina Hands. With Thierry Hancisse, Coraly Zahonero, Clotilde de Bayser, Guillaume Gallienne, Adeline d’Hermy … recorded at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in Paris, in 2024.
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“Six characters in search of an author”: a maelström of emotions, directed with voluptuousness by Marina Hands
Jean Rochefort at the top: “tandem”
Kinea
Find the gaze of bitter tenderness and resolutely sentimental of Patrice Leconte on his two heroes, a radio game animator and his assistant who constantly delays the time to admit that the program will disappear. Of the caliber of the biggest Italian comedies.
At 9:05 p.m. on France 5. Film directed by Patrice Leconte (France, 1987). 1h30mn. Replay. With Jean Rochefort, Gérard Jugnot, Sylvie Granotier …
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“Tandem”, by Patrice Leconte: Rochefort-Jugnot, a duo that celebrates friendship
An exciting portrait: “Tom Cruise: Body and soul”
Paramount Pictures
The documentary questions the enigma of the star who has rebuilt her background in detail, since her triumphant beginnings in a Reaganian America in the license Mission : Impossible of which he has become the irreplaceable hero. To forget your own mortality?
At 00:40 on Arte. Documentary by Régis Brochier (France, 2020). 55mn. Replay.
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“Tom Cruise, Body and Soul”: race for eternal youth
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