L’Idée fixe de Paul Valéry (2022): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 2022, L’Idée fixe de Paul Valéry is a notable film directed by Bernard Murat.

What it’s about. A beach on the shores of the Mediterranean, crushed by the sun, under an implacable blue sky, isolated on a rock like Sisyphus rolling away his bitterness, a man is on the verge of suicide. While ruminating on his fixed idea, he is disturbed by an intruder, a doctor on vacation like him. The man with a fixed idea (Pierre Arditi) declares "I felt in a state of inhumanity", the doctor (Bernard Murat) decked out in all the holidaymaker's accessories: a landing net, an easel and a colored box, comes to invade the morbid loneliness. The importunate debonair begins a conversation that will turn into a philosophical joust where we approach science, Einstein, politics, and the verb. THE MATERIALIST AND THE PHILOSOPHER scrap at speckled foils with the sharpest and most divinely French spirit. Conversation is a balm, an intellectual bandage. The good doctor is a good practitioner and a brave man!

Who’s in it. L’Idée fixe de Paul Valéry stars Pierre Arditi as Moi and Bernard Murat as Le Docteur.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch L’Idée fixe de Paul Valéry page.