Moli�re (2007) (original) (raw)
In 1645, the French playwright and actor Jean-Baptiste Poquelin -- better known as Moli�re -- mysteriously disappeared for several weeks, and this lavish comedy drama imagines a scenario that could explain what may have happened to him. At this time, Moli�re is touring the French countryside with his traveling theater company, and he's yet to be recognized as one of the continent's great authors (or achieve significant financial success). Moli�re is put in jail after skipping out on some unpaid debts, but is freed after his fine is paid by two strangers. Moli�re discovers his benefactors are ...(more)
In 1645, the French playwright and actor Jean-Baptiste Poquelin -- better known as Moli�re -- mysteriously disappeared for several weeks, and this lavish comedy drama imagines a scenario that could explain what may have happened to him. At this time, Moli�re is touring the French countryside with his traveling theater company, and he's yet to be recognized as one of the continent's great authors (or achieve significant financial success). Moli�re is put in jail after skipping out on some unpaid debts, but is freed after his fine is paid by two strangers. Moli�re discovers his benefactors are acting on behalf of Jourdain, a very wealthy man who has a beautiful wife, Elmire and two lovely daughters. However, Jourdain has fallen head over heels for Celimene, a gorgeous widow, and he's written a short play in order to demonstrate his feelings for her. Jourdain needs someone to help him polish his script and serve as an acting coach, and he's recruited Moli�re for the job. Needing the money, Moliere accepts, but he poses as a man of the cloth, Monsieur Tartuffe, to keep his identity a secret. Moli�re soon realizes that Jourdain's talent exists only in the rich man's imagination, and that Jourdain already has a rival for Celimene's affections, the charming but duplicitous Dorante. (less)
Director: Laurent Tirard
Writers: Laurent Tirard, Gr�goire Vigneron
Starring: Romain Duris, Laura Morante, Fabrice Luchini, Edouard Baer, Ludivine Sagnier, Fanny Valette
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