The False Secrets

Dorante, a penniless young man, takes on the position of steward at the house of Araminte, an attractive widow whom he secretly loves. Dorante’s former valet Dubois also works there and is planning a scheme to make Araminte fall in love with Dorante. Based on his own critically acclaimed production of Marivaux’s comedy, Luc Bondy takes the play and its characters behind the stage, through the corridors and rooms of the Théâtre de l’Odéon in Paris, creating a new space between theatre and cinema.

Duration: 85
Production year: 2016
Country: France

Luc Bondy

Luc Bondy, (born July 17, 1948, Zürich, Switz), Swiss stage director who created a sensation—and triggered opening-night boos from the audience—in 2009 with his starkly designed, sexually provocative staging of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera. Many observers agreed, however, that the production perfectly illustrated Bondy’s skillful delving into the intense personal relations between characters, his theatricality, and his willingness to take risks. Bondy trained in theatre and mime in Paris, where he eventually accepted the directorship of the Odéon Theatre. He joined the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, Germany, as an assistant director in 1969. Bondy worked extensively in Austria, both at the Salzburg Festival and in Vienna, where he directed many plays at the Burgtheater. He also staged productions at the Royal Opera House in London, the Paris Opéra, and La Scala in Milan. He also directed a handful of movies, and a dozen of his stage productions were captured on film.

Original title: Les Fausses Confidences

Luc Bondy

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