Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
Molière
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.
Director and cast
- Ariane Mnouchkine Director
- Philippe Caubère as Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière / La Mort
- Marie-Françoise Audollent as La Forest / La servante
- Frédéric Ladonne as Molière enfant
- Jean Dasté as Le grand-père de Molière
- Roger Planchon as Colbert
- Daniel Mesguich as Monsieur, frère du Roi
- Albert Delpy as Boileau
- Odile Cointepas as La mère de Molière
- Joséphine Derenne as Madeleine Béjart
- Brigitte Catillon as Armande Béjart
More films
Dalida (2017)
Drama · Music · N/A
Based on the true story of acclaimed music icon "Dalida" born in Cairo, who gained celebrity in the 50s, singing in French, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, German, Italian, playing in awarded Youssef Chahine's picture "Le Sixième Jour", and who later committed suicide in 1987 in Paris, after selling more than 130 million records worldwide.
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- Director
- Lisa Azuelos
- Cast
- Sveva Alviti, Riccardo Scamarcio, Jean-Paul Rouve
Coco Before Chanel (2009)
Drama · History · PG-13
Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entree into Frenc...
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Director
- Anne Fontaine
- Cast
- Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola
Origin (2023)
Drama · History · PG-13
While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience.
- Runtime
- 2h 21m
- Cast
- Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Niecy Nash, Jon Bernthal
Jacquot (1991)
Drama · PG
Jacquot Demy, the son of a garage owner and a hairdresser, is fascinated by cinema and decides to pursue his dream of becoming a filmmaker by any means necessary.
- Runtime
- 2h
- Director
- Agnès Varda
- Cast
- Philippe Maron, Edouard Joubeaud, Laurent Monnier
The Current War (2018)
Drama · History · PG-13
Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Director
- Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
- Cast
- Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult
The Four Robinsons (1939)
Comedy · N/A
Four friends pretend a cruise to escape their wives and go clubbing, but they are forced to go through face-saving shipwreck, becoming castaways.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Antonio Vico, Mary Santpere, Fernando Rey
La mantilla de Beatriz (1946)
Drama · Romance · N/A
In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Virgílio Teixeira, Margarita Andrey, María Isbert
Comments
Talk about the film with other members