Molière (2007 film)
6.8 /10 1 Votes
70% Rotten Tomatoes 59% Metacritic Genre Comedy, History Duration Country France | 7.3/10 IMDb 3.4/5 AlloCine Budget 16 million EUR Language French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 31 January 2007 (2007-01-31) Initial release January 31, 2007 (Belgium, France) Initial DVD release September 26, 2007 (France) Cast (Moliere), (M. Jourdain), Edouard Baer (Dorante), (Celimene)Similar movies Moliere movies, Romain Duris movies, Comedies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Molière is a 2007 film by French director Laurent Tirard and starring Romain Duris as Molière. It was released in Europe in January 2007 and in the United States in July 2007. It was entered into the 29th Moscow International Film Festival where Fabrice Luchini won the Silver George for Best Actor. The screenplay was co-written by Tirard and Grégoire Vigneron.
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- Moliere 2007 movie trailer
- Plot
- Cast
- Critical reception
- References
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Plot
The film begins in 1658, when the French actor and playwright returns to Paris with his theatrical troupe to perform in the theatre the king's brother has given him. Most of the film is in the form of a flashback to 1645. Following an unsuccessful run as a tragic actor, Molière is released from debtor's prison by Monsieur Jourdain (Fabrice Luchini), a wealthy commoner with social pretensions, who agrees to pay the young actor's debts if Molière teaches him to act.
Jourdain, a married man with two daughters, hopes to use this talent to ingratiate himself with Célimène (Ludivine Sagnier), a recently widowed aristocrat with whom he has become obsessed. He hopes to perform a short play he has written for the occasion. Molière, however, has been presented to the family and staff of Monsieur Jourdain as Tartuffe, a priest who is to serve as tutor for the Jourdains' younger daughter. As the story progresses Molière proceeds to fall in love with Jourdain's neglected wife, Elmire (Laura Morante). Sub-plots involve the love life of the Jourdains' older daughter, and the intrigues of the penniless and cynical aristocrat Dorante (Édouard Baer) at the expense of the gullible Jourdain.
The story is mostly fictional and many scenes follow actual scenes and text in Molière's plays including Tartuffe, Le Misanthrope, The Imaginary Invalid, and Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, whose principal character is also named Jourdain. It is implied that these "actual" events in his life inspired the plays of his maturity.
Cast
Critical reception
The film holds a "certified fresh" rating of 70% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 86 reviews, with a rating average of 6.4 out of 10. The site's consensus reads: "Molière is a sophisticated, witty biopic of the great satirist."
