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1644, Paris, and 22-year-old Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known as Molière, is not yet the writer that history recognizes as the father and true master of comic satire, author of The Misanthrope and Tartuffe, and a dramatist to rank alongside Shakespeare and Sophocles. Far from it. He is, in fact, a failed actor.
His Illustrious Theatre Troupe, founded the previous year, is bankrupt. Hounded by creditors, Molière is thrown into jail, released, then swiftly imprisoned again. When the jailors finally let him go, he disappears. The combined efforts of historians have unearthed no trace of him before his reappearance, several months later, when his troupe begins touring the provinces - a tour that will last for thirteen years, and culminate in Molière's triumphant return to Paris in 1658.
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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Moliere in Love,
By Al (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Moliere [2007] [DVD] (DVD)
This film starts beautifully with Moliere and his troupe arriving in Paris after years on the road trawling the provinces, ready to begin the phase of his life for which he will be remembered. What has brought him to this point and where does his burning drive come from?
The bulk of the film tells us just that, and a very imaginative and wonderfully realised journey it is, weaving incidents from the famous plays into the entertainingly convoluted plot. Laura Morante as the love interest and Moliere's muse is fabulous but some of the scenes are stagy (when they are not meant to be)and finally it's very sumptuousness distracts from what could have been a moving portrait of the artistic temperament.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A splendid movie about France's Shakespeare, not to be missed,
By Helen "hw" (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Moliere [2007] [DVD] (DVD)
Wonderful movie, brilliantly made and acted, especially Fabrice Lucchini who is a favourite of mine but everyone else is superb also.
My one hesitation is the use of a very long flashback. I wish they'd kept to straight chronological, but I imagine the flashback is more effective in France where unlike me they will recognise all the allusions to Moliere plays. I could guess that much or most (or all?) of the action was based on his plays but mostly not pick them out. A very neat story, plenty of humour and some poignant moments too. A superior movie.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Indiscretions,
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This review is from: Moliere [2007] [DVD] (DVD)
Amusing film with a take on all of Moliere's plays wrapped up into one. At times farcical and often very witty, the acting didn't always convince me. Costumes and setting though are faultless and splendid.
Good entertainment.
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