Molière is a 1978 French drama film directed by Ariane Mnouchkine. It was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.
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 Philippe Caubère as Molière / The Death Frédéric Ladonne as Molière, child Jonathan Sutton as La Grange Julien Maurel as The friend of Molière Philippe Cointepas as The comrades Molière Maurice Chevit as The priest of the school Odile Cointepas as The mother Armand Delcampe as The father Jean Dasté as The grandfather Joséphine Derenne as Madeleine Béjart Brigitte Catillon as Armande Béjart Mario Gonzáles as Scaramouche Albert Delpy as Nicolas Boileau Guy-Claude François as The bird-man Michel Hart as Les dévots Alfred Simon as Les dévots Marie-Françoise Audollent Jean Brard
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