France / Italy 1978
Jean Baptiste Pouquelin Molière (1622-73) was perhaps the greatest playwright of French history....... The brilliance of this film is due to Ariane Mnouchkine's direction and creative genius. Her highly visual, physical and multi-cultural adaptations of the classics with her own Theatre du Soleil in Paris regularly set new heights in theatrical achievement......
Director: Ariane Mnouchkine
Biographical Dramatic Period Film......High Artistic Values
Moliere's theatre company became first, the King's Troupe (for the "Sun King," Louis XIV), and later became what was even then the most prestigious theater company of France, the Comédie Française. The Comédie Française remains a national institution of unimaginable importance......This film tells the life story of France's greatest dramatist with all the intimacy and crucial understanding that a fellow theatre-person can bring....... "The scene of Moliere's death while he was performing on stage - followed by a slow-motion, but intensely frantic race on a flight of stairs by his fellow performers carrying his dying body - will be one of the few images that stay with me for the rest of my life.".......
CAST
Philippe Caubère .... Molière
Joséphine Derenne .... Madeleine Béjart
Brigitte Catillon .... Armande Béjart
Armand Delcampe .... Poquelin, père de Molière
Odile Cointepas .... Marie Cressé, mère de Molière
Jean Dasté .... Le grand-père de Molière
Jean-Claude Penchenat .... Louis XIV
Roger Planchon .... Colbert
Mario Gonzáles .... Jean-Baptiste Lully/Scaramouche
Yves Gourvil .... Prince de Conti
Daniel Mesguich .... Philippe d'Orléans
Serge Coursan .... Dufresnes
Norbert Journo .... Gros-René du Parc
Lucia Bensasson .... Thérèse Marquise du Parc
Nicole Félix .... Catherine de Brie
Claude Merlin - Joseph Bejart
Jean-Claude Bourbault - Louis Bejart
Clemence Massart - Marotte
LANGUAGE......FRENCH
SUBTITLES.......NONE
RUNNING TIME.....Part One: 1 Hour 54 Minutes........Two: 2 Hours 08 Minutes.......Total Running Time: 4 Hours 02 Minutes.......
JACKET: ....French
PICTURE QUALITY: .....Good.......
079/080 ... Molière (1978)....ARIANE MNOUCHKINE
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