DramaHistory
Molière
User Score29 votes
59%5.9/10
Release1978→
Runtime4H 0M
LanguageFrench
StatusReleased
Synopsis
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin is raised by his father and his grandfather because his mother dies when he's still very little. He works as a handyman, studies the law at a university and travels the country as an actor before he becomes the celebrated playwright Molière who impresses firstly the Duke of Orleans and then even King Louis XIV.
Principal Cast8
Philippe Caubère
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière / La Mort
Marie-Françoise Audollent
La Forest / La servante
Frédéric Ladonne
Molière enfant
Jean Dasté
Le grand-père de Molière
Roger Planchon
Colbert
Daniel Mesguich
Monsieur, frère du Roi
Albert Delpy
Boileau
Odile Cointepas
La mère de Molière
Media5
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Director
Ariane Mnouchkine
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Keywords
francebiographywoman director17th century
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