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Scene 1: At Serge’s Scene 2: At Yvan’s Scene 3: At Serge’s Scene 4: At Marc’s Scene 5: At Serge’s Scene 6: At Serge’s
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All Themes Art and Meaning Ego, Competition, and Masculinity Friendship and Codependence Cruelty and Betrayal
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All Characters Marc Serge Yvan
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Yasmina Reza

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The Antrios Painting

When successful dermatologist Serge acquires a two-hundred-thousand-franc painting by the slightly obscure artist Antrios, his life is thrown into turmoil as his best friend, the pretentious aesthete Marc, becomes “disturbed” by Serge’s extravagant purchase…

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