1998 • 2h 10m
6.3 / 10
3 votes
Overview
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.Cap Nord
2012
Three Colors: Blue
1993
Three Colors: White
1994
Concode, an Epic Saga
2019
Flying Supersonic
2018
Out of the Blue
2022
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
1970
Vatel
2000
Autopsy
2007
The Buccaneer
1958
Forbidden Games
1952
The Inquisitor
1981
Priceless
2006
The Royal Exchange
2017
Les Îles
1983
The Blood of Others
1984
Red Zora
2008
Yamakasi
2001
The White Dawn
1974
A Real Young Girl
1999