Le radeau de la Méduse (1998)

About Le radeau de la Méduse

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Who stars in Le radeau de la Méduse?

Le radeau de la Méduse stars Jean Yanne, Daniel Mesguich, Claude Jade, Philippe Laudenbach, Alain Macé.

Who directed Le radeau de la Méduse?

Le radeau de la Méduse was directed by Iradj Azimi.

How long is Le radeau de la Méduse?

Le radeau de la Méduse has a runtime of 2h 10m.

What is Le radeau de la Méduse about?

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.