Based on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuel Carrère, it is inspired by the real-life story of Jean-Claude Romand. L'Adversaire's protagonist Jean-Marc Faure (Auteuil) pursues an imaginary career as a doctor of medicine in a plot more closely based on Romand's life and Carrère's book than was Laurent Cantet's 2001 film L'Emploi du Temps. The film was nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Daniel Auteuil
as Jean-Marc Faure
Géraldine Pailhas
as Christine Faure
François Cluzet
as Luc
François Berléand
as Rémi
Emmanuelle Devos
as Marianne
Alice Fauvet
as Alice
Martin Jobert
as Vincent
Michel Cassagne
as Le père de Jean-Marc
Joséphine Derenne
as La mère de Jean-Marc
Anne Loiret
as Cécile
Olivier Cruveiller
as Jean-Jacques
Nadine Alari
as La mère de Christine
