Cycling with Moliere (or translation actually should read 'Alceste on a Bicycle')
Watched it last night on Netflix - we loved it. Subtitles are a bit difficult at the beginning as at points they do talk very fast but not a problem once you get into the rhythm of the language ... one thing to know if you are not familiar with the playwright Moliere, is that his work is rhyming couplets. Not unlike Shakespeare's Iambic Pentameter. It has been just in the last few decades that decent translations into English have been available using a rhyming style (See Richard Wilbur). That said, that's pretty much all you need to know beforehand... and even if you didn't know that, you may pick it up from the context of the very well written story.
It was delightful to listen to the Misanthrope lines in the original text!
Enjoy! Has anyone else here watched this one?
Here's what wikipedia says about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_with_Moliere
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