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Molire (1978 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Molire' is a 1978 French drama film directed by Ariane Mnouchkine. It was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
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 Molire who impresses firstly the Duke of Orleans and then even King Louis XIV.
Cast
* Philippe Caubre as Molire / The Death
* Frdric Ladonne as Molire, child
* Jonathan Sutton as La Grange
* Julien Maurel as The friend of Molire
* Philippe Cointepas as The comrades Molire
* Maurice Chevit as The priest of the school
* Odile Cointepas as The mother
* Armand Delcampe as The father
* Jean Dast as The grandfather
* Josphine Derenne as Madeleine Bjart
* Brigitte Catillon as Armande Bjart
* Mario Gonzles as Scaramouche
* Albert Delpy as Nicolas Boileau
* Guy-Claude Franois as The bird-man
* Michel Hart as Les dvots
* Alfred Simon as Les dvots
* Marie-Franoise Audollent
* Jean Brard
References
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