Directed by:
Laurent TirardCinematography:
Gilles HenryComposer:
Frédéric TalgornCast:
Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Laura Morante, Edouard Baer, Ludivine Sagnier, Fanny Valette, Annelise Hesme, Arié Elmaleh, Clio Baran, Stéphane Foenkinos (more)Plots(1)
1644, Paris. A driven young actor Jean-Baptiste Poquelin is released from debtors' prison. He disappears into a gilded world of intrigue, mystery, sex and passion, from which he wiill emerge reborn as Moliere, the master of comic satire and a dramatist to rival Shakespeare himself. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Romain Duris
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Fabrice Luchini
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Laura Morante
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