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The Raft of the Medusa (1990)

The Raft of the Medusa

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2h 10m

Adventure, Drama, Historical

July 15th, 1998

5.6/10

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Iranian Iradj Azimi directed this French historical drama re-creating events depicted in the famous 1819 painting The Raft of the Medusa by Jean Louis Andre Theodore Gericault (1791-1824). The ill-fated voyage of the frigate Medusa begins when it departs Rochefort for Senegal in 1816. After striking a sandbar off the African coast, 150 civilians row safely to shore, but Captain Chaumareys (Jean Yanne) orders 140 soldiers and sailors onto a raft (minus supplies) and has it cut loose. Only 14 survive from the 140, creating a scandal back in France. Gericault (Laurent Terzieff) later talks to three of the survivors while researching his painting. Work on this film began in 1987, but sets destroyed by Hurricane Hugo caused delays, so the film was not completed until 1990. However, it then remained undistributed until an incident in which writer-director Azimi slashed his wrists in front of French Ministry of Culture officials.

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Cast

Jean Yanne
Duroy de Chaumareys
Daniel Mesguich
Coudein
Claude Jade
Reine Schmaltz
Philippe Laudenbach
Julien Schmaltz
Alain Macé
Henri Savigny
Rufus
Soldat musicien
Michel Baumann
Alexandre Corréard
Laurent Terzieff
Théodore Géricault
Victor Garrivier
Antoine Richefort
Jean Desailly
La Tullaye
Full cast & crew

Directors

Iradj Azimi
Full cast & crew

Producers

Iradj Azimi
producer
François Kenedi
associate producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Iradj Azimi
writer
Full cast & crew

Keywords

survival
fear
panic
All Keywords

Country of Origin

France

Languages

French

Release Dates

January 1st, 1990 (France) (limited)
July 15th, 1998 (France)
October 21st, 2004 (France) (TV premiere)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Le radeau de la Méduse (original title)
Le radeau de la Méduse (France)
Das Floß der Medusa (Germany)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Guadeloupe, Départements d'Outre-Mer, France

Running Times

130 min

Sound Mixes

Stereo

Production Companies

Utopia Productions
Gémaci

Distribution Companies

Gémaci (France)

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