Molière (1978 film)

Molière is a 1978 French drama film directed by Ariane Mnouchkine. It was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Molière
Directed byAriane Mnouchkine
Produced byClaude Lelouch
Written byAriane Mnouchkine
StarringPhilippe Caubère
Music byRené Clemencic
CinematographyBernard Zitzermann
Edited byFrançoise Javet
Georges Klotz
Release date
  • 30 August 1978 (1978-08-30)
Running time
260 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$11.6 million[1]

Plot

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.

Cast

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References

  1. JP. "Molière (1978) (1978)- JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com.
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Molière". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-20.


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