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Molière (1978)
Directed by Ariane Mnouchkine
Overview
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.
Length 240 minutes
Actors
Philippe Caubère | Marie-Françoise Audollent | Frédéric Ladonne | Jean Dasté | Roger Planchon | Daniel Mesguich | Albert Delpy | Odile Cointepas | Joséphine Derenne | Brigitte Catillon | Julien Maurel | Philippe Cointepas | Armand Delcampe | Mathieu Rongier | Alexandre Ferran | Jean-Claude Penchenat | Thomas Félix-Françoise | Maurice Chevit | Sania Ballerini | Arnault Thébault | Sigoléne Bonnaud | Mario Gonzales | Guy-Claude François | Jean Brard | Patrick Floersheim | Jonathan Sutton