The Accompanist
(1992)
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The Accompanist
(1992)
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| Romane Bohringer | ... |
Sophie Vasseur
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| Richard Bohringer | ... |
Charles Brice
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Elena Safonova | ... |
Irène Brice
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Samuel Labarthe | ... |
Jacques Fabert
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Julien Rassam | ... |
Benoît Weizman
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Bernard Verley | ... |
Jacques Ceniat
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Nelly Borgeaud | ... |
Madame Vasseur
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Claude Rich | ... |
Ministre
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Niels Dubost | ... |
Young Man on Train
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Sacha Briquet | ... |
Dignitary
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Nathalie Bach |
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Gilbert Bahon | ... |
Royal Coachman
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Marcel Berbert |
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Valérie Bettencourt | ... |
Juliette
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Gabriel Cattand | ... |
Parisian Impresario
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In Nazi-occupied Paris, a young accompanist named Sophie Vasseur gets a job with famed singer Irene Brice. As Irene's husband Charles, a businessman collaborating with the Nazis, wrestles with his conscience, Sophie becomes obsessed with Irene, taking on the role of maid as well as accompanist, living life vicariously through Irene's triumphs and affairs. Written by Gary Dickerson <slug@mail.utexas.edu>
Yelena Safonova is the blonde diva that gets the spotlights and the applause. Romane Bohringer is the self-deprecating accompanying pianist who stays in the dark and is painfully aware of here subsidiary role. One has a husband, a lover, and beautiful clothes, while the other looks very much like the starving student she was at the beginning of the story. One dialog tells all: when the diva makes a disparaging remark about a young man who seems interested in the pianist, she answers "Oh I'm sure he's nothing compared to *your* love affairs.
The rhythm and settings are beautiful without ever taking first place to the story.