Molière
(1978)
★ 6.1 IMDb · 31 votes
Year: 1978
Runtime: 253 мин
Country: France, Italy
Director: Ariane Mnouchkine
Cast: Philippe Caubère, Marie-Françoise Audollent, Frédéric Ladonne, Jean Dasté, Roger Planchon, Daniel Mesguich, Albert Delpy, Odile Cointepas, Joséphine Derenne, Brigitte Catillon
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.