Don Juan
Synopsis
Spain in the mid-seventeenth century. A series of bloody wars has ravaged the nation. Don Juan the nobleman and his valet, Sganarelle, roam the countryside on horseback, on the run and lost. Don Juan promised to marry Donna Elvira and then forsook her. Now her brothers, Don Alonso and Don Carlos, are pursuing him like textbook medieval heroes, bent on avenging the insult to their family’s honour.
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Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Blue Dahlia Production
- Co-production : France 3 Cinéma
- Foreign production companies : Tornasol Films, Mate Production, Road Movies Filmproduktion
- Film exports/foreign sales : Editions Montparnasse
- French distribution : BAC Films
Full credits (21)
- Executive Producer : Gérard Jourd'Hui
- Adaptation : Jacques Weber
- Screenwriter : Jacques Weber
- Director of Photography : José-Luis Alcaine
- Music Composer : Bruno Coulais
- Assistant directors : Patrick Halpine, Javier Petit
- Editor : Jacques Witta
- Sound Recordist : Pierre Gamet
- Costume designer : Sylvie De Segonzac
- Foreign Producer : Gerardo Herrero
- Author of original work : Molière
- Line Producer : Jean-Yves Asselin
- Co-producer : Stéphane Sorlat
- Production Manager : Jean-Yves Asselin
- Press Attaché (film) : Laurence Granec
- Sound editors : Mourad Louanchi, Gérard Hardy
- Production Designer : Claude Lenoir
- French Distributor : Jean Labadie
- Sound mixers : Vincent Arnardi, Jacques Thomas-Gérard
- Still Photographers : Mathias Nieto, Sofia Moro, Ludovic Carem
- Unit Production Manager : Yousaf Bokhari
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Germany, Spain, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
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Don Juan fights for his freedom; Sganarelle fights for survival. Don Juan fights for an idea; Sganarelle fights for his body, his belly and guts. This is why the confrontation between the two characters is so strong. There is no construction of a couple as there often is in the theatre, but the duo works because we clearly see the clash between two distinct individuals. I discussed the character a lot with Jacques and we agreed on simple things, such as letting the text speak for itself and not hijacking it for whatever purpose. Sganarelle’s down-to-earth good sense, his determination to survive, the fascination that Don Juan exerts on him, the valet’s wish to become his master’s equal ... all these elements are in the play and are part and parcel of the character. (Michel Boujenah - excerpt from press kit)
