Old Goriot

Old Goriot

111 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Nov. 9, 2004

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.

Old Goriot

111 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Nov. 9, 2004

Old Goriot
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers
Original title Le père Goriot
Directors Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe
Writers Honoré de Balzac

Cast

Charles Aznavour

as Jean-Joachim Goriot

Tchéky Karyo

as Vautrin

Malik Zidi

as Eugène de Rastignac

Maruschka Detmers

as La vicomtesse de Beauséant

Nadia Barentin

as Mme Vauquer

Florence Darel

as Delphine de Nucingen

Rosemarie La Vaullée

as Anastasie de Restaud

Pierre Vernier

as Poiret

Anca-Ioana Androne

as Victorine Taillefer

Raluca Penu

as Mme Couture

Mihai Călin

as Horace Bianchon

Monalisa Basarab

as Princesse de Galathionne

Vlad Ivanov

as Gondureau

Luana Stoica

as Sylvie

Dominique Labourier

as Mlle Michonneau

Lamia Beligan

as Thérèse

Philippe Nevo

as L'étudiant

Gelu Nitu

as Le marquis d'Ajuta-Pinto

Eugen Cristea

as Le baron de Nucingen

Mihai Alexandru Nicolae

as Christophe

Victor Bucur

as Le peintre