The 17th-century playwright Molière has been the subject of a couple of high-profile French movies. Both are called “Molière,” although they take radically different approaches to his life and work.

Ariane Mnouchkine, qui venait quasi-exclusivement du théâtre, réussit un tour de force en réussissant la gageure de tenir en haleine le spectateur pour un biopic fleuve de 4 h 00. La réalisatrice ...

Staging what could be described as a Moliere-off, the new film from Philippe Le Guay casts his regular star, Fabrice Luchini, as a nebbishy, reclusive thespian who's coaxed out of retirement by a ...

Long before he became France’s greatest playwright, Moliere was the leader of a bankrupt, 17th-century theater troupe. Writer-director Laurent Tirard’s “Moliere” suggests that, during a few months ...

A vu "Le Molière imaginaire" d'Olivier Py. Tout est dans le titre. Restant très peu de documents pour nous informer 350 ans après sa disparition sur Molière et sa troupe, ce long métrage est avant ...

ANYONE looking for a cradle-to-grave biographical drama of seminal French playwright and actor Jean-Baptiste Poquelin may well want to avoid “Moliere,” which opens Friday. The fanciful comedy-drama is ...

Fabrice Luchini and Lambert Wilson star in a new dramedy from the director of "The Woman on the 6th Floor." By Jordan Mintzer Cycling with Molière - H 2013 Based on an idea conceived by Luchini and Le ...

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Staging what could be described as a Moliere-off, the new film from Philippe Le Guay casts his regular star, Fabrice Luchini, as a nebbishy, reclusive thespian who's coaxed out of retirement by a ...

It’s the story of two actors: Gauthier (Lambert Wilson) has become famous for his television roles (the different circumstances in which he’s recognised become memorable vignettes in the film); Serge ...