Beaumarchais (), also known as Beaumarchais the Scoundrel, is a 1996 French biopic film directed by Édouard Molinaro and starring Fabrice Luchini, Manuel Blanc and Sandrine Kiberlain.BFI.org The film is based on the life of the French playwright, financier and spy Pierre Beaumarchais, depicting his activities during the American War of Independence and his authorship of the Figaro trilogy of plays. It was adapted from a play by Sacha Guitry.
The Hôtel de Besenval, a historic hôtel particulier in Paris that has housed the Embassy of the Swiss Confederation and the residence of the Swiss ambassador to France since 1938, served as a filming location.Bénédict de Tscharner: Profession ambassadeur – diplomate suisse en France, Lieu de tournage Hôtel de Besenval, Éditions Cabédita, Yens-sur-Morges, 2002, p. 63
Cast
Fabrice Luchini – Pierre Beaumarchais, clockmaker, adventurer, arms dealer, libertine, playwright Sandrine Kiberlain – Marie-Thérèse Willermaulaz, Beaumarchais's partner and muse Manuel Blanc – Paul-Philippe Gudin de La Brenellerie, Beaumarchais's admirer, colleague and biographer Michel Aumont – Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil Jean-François Balmer – Antoine de Sartine, lieutenant general of the police then Navy minister, friend of Beaumarchais Jean-Claude Brialy – Abbot Patrick Bouchitey – Monsieur Lejay, a publisher and bookseller Evelyne Bouix – Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, painter, friend to the Queen who represents her at the reading committee Isabelle Carré – Rosine José Garcia – Figaro Alain Chabat – the courtier at Versailles Pierre Gérard – Comte de Provence Judith Godrèche – Marie Antoinette Murray Head – William, Lord Rochford, Beaumarchais' English friend Axelle Laffont – Mariette Lejay, the publisher and bookseller's wife Martin Lamotte – Comte de la Blache Guy Marchand – Court Member François Morel – Peasant in Court Claire Nebout – Chevalier d'Eon Michel Piccoli – Prince de Conti, a nobleman who becomes friends with Beaumarchais Michel Serrault – Louis XV Florence Thomassin – Marion Ménard, a theater actress, one of Beaumarchais's mistresses Jacques Weber – Duc de Chaulnes, enemy then friend of Beaumarchais Jean Yanne – Louis Goëzman, the prosecutor during Beaumarchais's trial Dominique Besnehard – Louis XVI André Oumansky – The president of the court Maka Kotto – Cézaire, Beaumarchais's black servant Jeff Nuttall – Benjamin Franklin, ambassador of the United States Jay Benedict – The man in grey Dominic Gould – Arthur Lee, an American patriot Niels Dubost – Count Almaviva Marc Dudicourt – Bartholo Bruno Lochet – The French jailer Cecile Van Den Abeele : Suzanne Étienne Draber : Brid'oison David Gabison : Doublemain Marie Delerm : Marceline Séverine Ferrer : Lison-Cherubin Patrice Laffont : the customs Officer Jean-Marie Besset : Desfontaines, an author, member of the reading committee Pascal Thomas : the theater critic Sandrine Le Berre : Conti's young daughter Roland Blanche : Charles Théveneau de Morande, a pamphleteer (uncredited) Roger Brierley : the printer
See also List of films about the American Revolution
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