
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Silver nugget for the best foreign film (1981)
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Music
Music by René Clemencic
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Bernard Zitzermann
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Ariane MnouchkineWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 30, 1978
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France, Italy






























