Film review: Peter von Kant is a theatrical piece that thrives on its ensemble cast

Isabelle Adjani and Stefan Crepon are both outstanding

Peter von Kant stars Denis Ménochet as the eponymous anti-hero. Picture: Carole Bethuel/FOZ

★★★☆

Peter von Kant (15A) stars Denis Ménochet as the eponymous anti-hero, a narcissistic film director in thrall to his own myth of greatness and desperate to find true love. The opportunity arises when his friend, the fading actress, Sidonie (Isabelle Adjani), introduces the middle-aged Peter to the 23-year-old Amir (Khalil Ben Gharbia), recently arrived in Cologne from Australia. But is Amir all he seems to be, or is Peter yet again mistaking illusion for reality?