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.
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Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
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Ariane Mnouchkine's made for TV film Moliere (1978) came out on DVD in 2004. It is available on amazon.fr for around 38.00 U.S. dollars (including shipping). The DVD contain two discs and the made for TV film is in French and has an English subtitles option. The image transfer is excellent. There is a small booklet (in French only) about the made for TV film as well as a 46 minute interview with Ariane Mnouchkine. Ariane Mnouchkine's made for TV film Moliere (1978) came out on DVD in 2004. It is available on amazon.fr for around 38.00 U.S. dollars (including shipping). The DVD contain two discs and the made for TV film is in French and has an English subtitles option. The image transfer is excellent. There is a small booklet (in French only) about the made for TV film as well as a 46 minute interview with Ariane Mnouchkine.
It is amazing how many other people share the same feeling towards this film!!! I felt like a solitaire, since my only connection with this film was my memory. In effect, it was exhibited in my city, Montevideo, Uruguay (South America) as part of a France Film Festival back in 1979. I enjoyed every minute of the four hours the film lasts, so I went twice. I was only 18 y.o. at that time. Since that, I have been trying to find any reference to the film without success. The cinemateca where it was shown did not keep a copy, the same with the France Embassy that brought the film. Nothing on Yahoo. It was not until now that I used Google that I found a clue. And thanks to IMDb found that I am not alone, that many people has memories of this most exquisite film ever. I just followed the advice of a colleague here and bought the film from the amazon.fr site. I hope it arrives in Uruguay, that is possible to play on my multi-zone DVD player, and that has some sub-titles either on Spanish or English, because even my family came from France, I speak it very badly.
I love this movie and have been searching for it without much success. I've been to Theatre Du Soleil's website. I've Google-ed till the cows came home. I've even gone to the French Ebay! With the exception of a few university libraries that will not sell, I found no commercial outlets. I REALLY want a copy for my very own. Does anybody have one? And/or info?
I saw this film on a trip to San Francisco in 1980 and images in the film remain with me to this day. As another comment remarked, Moliere's death scene is unforgettable. I have been searching for this film for years and would love to see it again (as well as share it).