Molière [videorecording] / a Sony Pictures Classics release, Fidélité presents in association with Virtual Films and Wild Bunch in co-production with France 3 Cinéma and France 2 Cinéma with the participation of Canal+ and TPS Star ; produced by Olivier Delbosc and Marc Missonnier ; screenplay by Laurent Tirard and Grégoire Vigneron with Fanny Vallette and Jean-Claude Jay ; director, Laurent Tirard.
DVD release of the 2007 motion picture. Special features: director's commentary by Laurent Tirard; the making of Molière featurette. Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Laura Morante, Edouard Baer, Ludivine Sagnier.
Summary:
Moliere is a down-and-out actor and playwright who is up to his ears in debt. The wealthy Jourdain offers to cover that debt so that Molière's theatrical talents might help Jourdain win the heart of a certain widowed marquise. Disguised as a priest, Molière becomes a guest in Jourdain's palace on the subtext of teaching Jourdain the craft of the stage, all this to the annoyance of Jourdain's wife, Elmire. But, soon after, the confrontation between Elmire and Molière turns seductive. Jourdain enlists the aid of a well-connected and scheming acquaintance to help him pursue the widowed marquise.
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