FFFA: An Evening With Victor Hugo

Synopsis

Victor comme tout le monde

French acting legend Fabrice Luchini plays popular performer Robert Zucchini, who has built his career on a stage act that lauds the works of the famous writer Victor Hugo. Robert’s bold reverence of Hugo’s ‘male genius’ doesn’t always play well with more enlightened modern audiences, and he finds himself not only at odds with a feminist theatre troupe, but with his adult daughter Lisbeth (Marie Narbonne), who has recently reappeared in his life.

Robert wrestles with how art meets with politics – but more importantly, with his real-life relationships. Where he once took refuge in texts of the past, Lisbeth demands his presence in the moment. Little by little, with his daughter’s help, Robert begins to reconnect with his past, open up to others and relearn the practice of his craft.

Director Pascal Bonitzer has crafted a slick, emotional, funny account of modern problems playing out on and off stage.