Rastignac ou les ambitieux (2001– )

Stars:

Jocelyn Quivrin, Flannan Obé, Alika Del Sol

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jocelyn Quivrin	...	Eugène de Rastignac (4 episodes, 2001)
Flannan Obé	...	Lucien de Rubempré (4 episodes, 2001)
Alika Del Sol	...	Elsa (4 episodes, 2001)
Jean-Pierre Cassel	...	Vautrin (4 episodes, 2001)
Michel Aumont	...	Monsieur de Rastignac (4 episodes, 2001)
Luis Rego	...	Monsieur Albert (4 episodes, 2001)
Annie Grégorio	...	Zoé (4 episodes, 2001)
Jacky Nercessian	...	Simoun (4 episodes, 2001)
Luc Palun	...	Marcel Régie (4 episodes, 2001)
Zabou Breitman	...	Diane Langeais (3 episodes, 2001)
Catherine Ferran	...	Madame de Rastignac (3 episodes, 2001)
Christiane Cohendy	...	Madame de Rubempré (3 episodes, 2001)
Philippe Polet	...	Martino (3 episodes, 2001)
Sophie Broustal	...	Margaux (3 episodes, 2001)
Damian Mauffrey	...	Gaël (3 episodes, 2001)
Martine Vandeville	...	La mère de Gaël (3 episodes, 2001)
Philippe Morier-Genoud	...	Fréchier Venel (3 episodes, 2001)
François Levantal	...	Monsieur Langeais (3 episodes, 2001)
Victor Wagner	...	Séchard (3 episodes, 2001)
Élodie Bollée	...	Julie (3 episodes, 2001)
Patrice Juiff	...	Ménard (3 episodes, 2001)
Jean-Jacques Le Vessier	...	Lawrence (2 episodes, 2001)
Delphine Rollin	...	Elvire (2 episodes, 2001)
Delphine Serina	...	Allegra (2 episodes, 2001)
Julie Delarme	...	Macha (2 episodes, 2001)
Tassadit Mandi	...	Aïcha (2 episodes, 2001)
Jean Dell	...	Labri (2 episodes, 2001)
Patrick Lambert	...	Le plombier (2 episodes, 2001)
Yann Babilée	...	Serisy (2 episodes, 2001)
Toinette Laquière	...	Victoire Serisy (2 episodes, 2001)
Réginald Huguenin	...	Lourteau (2 episodes, 2001)
Jean-Marie Juan	...	Le lieutenant Gérard (2 episodes, 2001)
Rémy Roubakha	...	Le maire (2 episodes, 2001)
Bing Yin	...	Monsieur Chang (2 episodes, 2001)
Jean O'Cottrell	...	B.D. (2 episodes, 2001)
Xiaoxing Cheng	...	L'interprète chinois (2 episodes, 2001)
Françoise Laborde	...	Présentatrice JT (2 episodes, 2001)
Warren Jacquin	...	Eugène 12 ans (2 episodes, 2001)
José Heuze	...	Le garde du corps (2 episodes, 2001)
Marc Legras	...	Guy (2 episodes, 2001)
Jean-Marie Bernicat	...	Le maçon #1 (2 episodes, 2001)
Frédéric Gérard	...	Le maçon #2 (2 episodes, 2001)
Jean-Marc Joussen	...	Le secrétaire permanence (2 episodes, 2001)
Bernard Mentz	...	Carlos (2 episodes, 2001)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

tv mini series | based on novel

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

26 February 2001 (France)

Also Known As:

Rastignac ehk Karjeristid

Company Credits

Production Co:

France 2 (FR2), Image & Compagnie

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 90 min (4 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

User Reviews

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Rastignac is an important character of Honoré de Balzac's masterpiece "la comédie humaine" (the human comedy ?). He stars as a provincial and poor student, full of dreams, ambitious, who leaves his small city to go to Paris and to become "somebody". His friend Rumbempré and another friend, Elsa, start the same, each one will lose a lot of his illusions during their ascension. The character of Elsa has been created for the movie, as many others. She gets pregnant of one of her two friends (even she doesn't know). Rastignac becomes a radio animator, Elsa works for an attorney, Rumbempré goes into politics, working for the secretary of environement (ecology), Diane Langeais, wonderfuly played by Zabou. He is also manipulated by Vautrin, a machiavelic man. Love, lost illusions, freedom, death, that is a plot, isn't it ? This modern adaptation of a classic book is really good, the original book was actually very good and all what has been added here is good too.