Molière (1978 film)

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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[edit]

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.

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References[edit]

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

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