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Old Goriot (2004)
Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe
Cast: Charles Aznavour, Tchéky Karyo, Malik Zidi, Maruschka Detmers
Runtime111 min
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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.
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Old Goriot, a 2004 TV movie directed by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe, is a critically acclaimed adaptation of Honoré de Balzac's novel that explores themes of family, ambition, and the class divide in 19th-century Paris. The film has not received significant awards recognition, but it has a solid rating of 7.0/10 on IMDb, indicating a positive reception from audiences.
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Fans of thoughtful, character-driven dramas will appreciate the poignant performances and the intricate, layered portrayal of social class and family dynamics in this 2004 film directed by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe, featuring standout acting by Charles Aznavour and Tchéky Karyo.
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Le Père Goriot is an 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), included in the Scènes de la vie privée section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. Set in Paris in 1819, it follows the intertwined lives of three characters: the elderly doting Goriot, a mysterious criminal-in-hiding named Vautrin and a naive law student named Eugène de Rastignac.
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