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Molière

1978 · 253 min

A long, immersive, theatrical sweep through a life, patient and richly detailed, rewarding those who surrender to its slow historical rhythm.

Directed by
Ariane Mnouchkine
Genres
Drama, History
Starring
Philippe Caubère, Marie-Françoise Audollent, Frédéric Ladonne
Overview
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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Directed by
Ariane Mnouchkine
Genres
Drama, History
Starring
Philippe Caubère, Marie-Françoise Audollent, Frédéric Ladonne
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • identity
  • ambition
  • family
  • class
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, history
Directed by
Ariane Mnouchkine
Written by
Ariane Mnouchkine
Starring
Philippe Caubère, Marie-Françoise Audollent, Frédéric Ladonne, Jean Dasté, Roger Planchon, Daniel Mesguich, Albert Delpy, Odile Cointepas
Cinematography
Bernard Zitzermann
Runtime
253 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
French

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