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Le radeau de la Méduse (1998)
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.
Updated May 9 2020
Cast
Claude Jade
Michèle Picard
Daniel Mesguich
Walter Raim
Jean Desailly
l'homme distingué
Philippe Laudenbach
Le père de Samuel
Jean Yanne
acteur
Alain Macé
Coudein
Victor Garrivier
Victor Garrivier
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Crew
Dominique Louis
Costume Design
Ricardo Aronovich
Director of Photography
Iradj Azimi
Director
Iradj Azimi
Screenplay
Iradj Azimi
Producer
Carl Davis
Original Music Composer
Pierre Dupouey
Director of Photography
Walther van den Ende
Director of Photography
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