Molière (2007 film)
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $13.1 million [1] |
Box office | $10.9 million [2] |
Molière is a 2007 period biographical film directed by Laurent Tirard and starring Romain Duris as Molière. It was released in Europe in January 2007 and in the United States in July 2007. It was entered into the 29th Moscow International Film Festival where Fabrice Luchini won the Silver George for Best Actor.[3] The screenplay was co-written by Tirard and Grégoire Vigneron.
Plot
The film begins in 1658, when the French actor and playwright returns to
Jourdain, a married man with two daughters, hopes to use this talent to ingratiate himself with Célimène, a recently widowed aristocrat with whom he has become obsessed. He hopes to perform a short play he has written for the occasion. Molière, however, has been presented to the family and staff of Monsieur Jourdain as Tartuffe, a priest who is to serve as tutor for the Jourdains' younger daughter. As the story progresses Molière proceeds to fall in love with Jourdain's neglected wife, Elmire. Sub-plots involve the love life of the Jourdains' older daughter, and the intrigues of the penniless and cynical aristocrat Dorante at the expense of the gullible Jourdain.
The story is mostly fictional and many scenes follow actual scenes and text in Molière's plays including
Cast
- Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
- Fabrice Luchini as M. Jourdain
- Laura Morante as Elmire Jourdain
- Edouard Baeras Dorante
- Ludivine Sagnier as Célimène
- Fanny Valette as Henriette Jourdain
- Gonzague Montuel as Valère
- Gilian Petrovski as Thomas
- Sophie-Charlotte Husson as Madeleine Béjart
- Louis Béjart
- Anne Suarez as Catherine de Brie
- Annelise Hesme as Marquise du Parc
- Nicolas Vaude as Monsieur
Critical reception
The film holds a rating of 70% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 86 reviews, with a rating average of 6.4 out of 10. The site's consensus reads, "Molière is a sophisticated, witty biopic of the great satirist."[4]
References
- ^ "Molière (2007) - JPBox-Office". Jpbox-office.com.
- ^ "Moliere (2007) - Box Office Mojo". Boxofficemojo.com.
- ^ "29th Moscow International Film Festival (2007)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ "Molière (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes.
External links
- Molière at IMDb