• 2004
  • 1h 51m
Old Goriot

Summary A poor but ambitious young man arrives in Paris and settles down in the boarding house run by Madame Vauquer. He soon gets to know the guests: Victorine Taillefer, a young lady her rich father refuses to recognize; Horace Bianchon, a medical student; Monsieur Vautrin, a mysterious and disconcerting man; Goriot, a rich merchant who spent all his fortune for his daughters, Delphine and Anastasie, to make a rich marriage. Eugène becomes friends with Goriot but while the former, thanks to his cousin Madame de Beauséant, is introduced in high society, Goriot, both exploited and scoffed at by his daughters, continues his descent into hell. View more details

  • 2004
  • 1h 51m

Old Goriot

Directed : Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe

Written : Jean-Claude Carrière Honoré de Balzac

Stars : Tchéky Karyo Charles Aznavour Malik Zidi Nadia Barentin

All cast & crew

6.7

Details

Genres : Drama

Release date : Sep 13, 2004

Countries of origin : France Belgium Romania

Language : Italian Latin French

Filming locations : Romania

Production companies : Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) France 2 (FR2) Cipango

Summary A poor but ambitious young man arrives in Paris and settles down in the boarding house run by Madame Vauquer. He soon gets to know the guests: Victorine Taillefer, a young lady her rich father refuses to recognize; Horace Bianchon, a medical student; Monsieur Vautrin, a mysterious and disconcerting man; Goriot, a rich merchant who spent all his fortune for his daughters, Delphine and Anastasie, to make a rich marriage. Eugène becomes friends with Goriot but while the former, thanks to his cousin Madame de Beauséant, is introduced in high society, Goriot, both exploited and scoffed at by his daughters, continues his descent into hell. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama

Release date : Sep 13, 2004

Countries of origin : France Belgium Romania

Language : Italian Latin French

Filming locations : Romania

Production companies : Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) France 2 (FR2) Cipango

Photos

Charles Aznavour in Le père Goriot (2004) Charles Aznavour in Le père Goriot (2004)
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