Molière (1978 film)

Molière
Directed byAriane Mnouchkine
Written byAriane Mnouchkine
Produced byClaude Lelouch
StarringPhilippe Caubère
CinematographyBernard Zitzermann
Edited byFrançoise Javet
Georges Klotz
Music byRené Clemencic
Release date
  • 30 August 1978 (1978-08-30)
Running time
260 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$11.6 million[1]

Molière is a 1978 French drama film directed by Ariane Mnouchkine. It was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

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

References

  1. ^ JP. "Molière (1978) (1978)- JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Molière". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-20.