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Molière (1978)
director of photography:
Bernard Zitzermann
cast:
Philippe Caubère, Marie-Françoise Audollent, Frédéric Ladonne, Jean Dasté, Roger Planchon, Daniel Mesguich, Albert Delpy, Odile Cointepas
director:
Ariane Mnouchkine
running time:
260 min.
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.
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.
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