The Comic Illusion is a French film directed by Mathieu Amalric and broadcasted on December 17, 2010 on France 2. Very free adaptation of the play The Comic Illusion of Corneille in its version created in 1636, this work, which is not a capture, was made with the actors of the Comédie-Française, the institution sponsoring the work, but in an original staging designed by Mathieu Amalric, and different from that of Galin Stoev played in French from December 2008, partly in a contemporaneous way.This film, due to its formal originality, receives multiple official selections at many European and American film festivals during the period 2011-2012. From then on, it gradually takes on a full film status and receives a good critical reception in France as well as abroad.