Moliere

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Moliere ★★ 2007

Bittersweet costume farce that explores the lost months in 1644 between the French satirist's release from prison and his return to Paris. In order to avoid his creditors, Moliere (Duris) agrees to board at the home of wealthy bourgeois Jourdain (Luchini) who wants acting lessons so he can perform in a play he has written to impress the marquise Celimere (Sagnier). Meanwhile, Moliere flirts with Jourdain's wife Elmire (Morante) and she returns his interest, although she thinks his name is Tartuffe. French with subtitles. 120m/C DVD . FR Romain Duris, Laura Morante, Fabrice Luchini, Ludivine Sagnier, Edouard Baer, Fanny Valette, Gilian Petrovsky, Gonzague Requillart; D: Laurent Tirard; W: Gregoire Vigneron; C: Gilles Henry; M: Frederic Talgorn.

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