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Actor: Edouard Baer, Fabrice Luchini, Jean-Claude Jay, Laura Morante, Ludivine SagnierBrand: Sony
Cinematographer: Gilles Henry
Composer: Frederic Talgorn
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 121 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-22
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Moliere
Movie Review: "This type of comedy does not exist." Well, then... invent it
Summary: 5 Stars
It's fitting that Moli?re is buried in Cimeti?re du P?re Lachaise, alongside such poets and artists as Honor? de Balzac, Guillaume Apollinaire, Sarah Bernhardt, Georges Bizet, Fr?d?ric Chopin, Eug?ne Delacroix, Isadora Duncan, St?phane Grappelli, Amedeo Modigliani, Jim Morrison, Yves Montand, ?dith Piaf, Marcel Proust, Gioacchino Rossini, Georges-Pierre Seurat, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, and Oscar Wilde. At the time of his death actors by law were not allowed to be buried in the sacred ground of a cemetary, but Moli?re's widow begged the king, and he was buried in the part of the cemetery reserved for unbaptized infants. In 1817 his remains were transferred to Cimeti?re du P?re Lachaise, close to the burial plot of La Fontaine.
The 2007 film, Moli?re, is based loosely on his life; think Shakespeare in Love--or maybe more like Moli?re in Love. In it the young actor/playwright Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (nom de plume, Moli?re) is sprung from debtor's prison to tutor Jourdain, a merchant, in the ways of stagecraft so that he might impress the lovely C?lim?ne (Ludivine Sagnier). To keep his wife Elmire (Laura Morante) from getting suspicious of his intended affair Jourdain has him masquerade as a priest, Tartuffe, who is ostensibly there to tutor his daughter. Hijinks ensue, no doubt the raw material Moli?re would later incorporate into his play, Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur, with more great stuff left over for Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, and lines and situations from the film show up in many of his other plays. If you are not familiar with his work, you can still enjoy the movie--it serves as a great introduction to his oeuvre. If you are familiar with them, all the better.
Romain Duris does a fantastic job portraying Jean-Baptiste Poquelin. He is an actor who never intended to be one, but was just spotted in a crowd and offered the opportunity and he hasn't looked back since. I remember him from 2005's De battre mon coeur s'est arr?t?, aka The Beat That My Heart Skipped, where he played thug/Real Estate Agent/pianist Thomas Seyr. He is good at juggling complex personalities--i.e. sensitive thugs.
Fabrice Luchini is also very good as le bourgeois gentilhomme M. Jourdain. Laura Morante plays his lovely wife Elmire Jourdain well. She inspires the young playwright as he tries to seduce her, and by inspires, I mean she inspires him to reach higher in his writing, to invent a new kind of comedy that incorporates tragic elements as well.
Edouard Baer also stood out as the titled Dorante, and some of the exchanges between him and Jourdain provided superb comic moments.
Last but not least Ludivine Sagnier was stunning as C?lim?ne. She can be seen if not heard in the 2003 film Peter Pan as Tink, or seen and heard in many fabulous French films such as 2002's 8 Femmes.
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C?lim?ne: What angel sent you to make us laugh like this? We're so dreadfully starved for entertainment.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin: What, madame? I thought the greatest minds jostled their way in here.
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Peter Pan (Widescreen Edition) (2003) .... Ludivine Sagnier was Tink
8 femmes (2002) .... Ludivine Sagnier was Catherine
... aka 8 Women
De battre mon coeur s'est arr?t? (2005) .... Romain Duris was Thomas Seyr
... aka The Beat That My Heart Skipped
If I Were King [VHS] (1938)
Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast (Belle et la b?te, La) ~ (New, Remastered Edition) ~ [Import](All-region) (1946)
Children of Paradise / Les Enfants du paradis / Children of the Gods. PARTS 1 and 2 (1945)
The Doors (Special Edition) (1991)
Total Eclipse (1995)
aka "Rimbaud Verlaine" - France
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
aka "Die Regenschirme von Cherbourg" - Germany
aka "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" - USA
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Elmire Jourdain: Unhappiness has comic aspects one should never underestimate.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin: How could I joke about that which makes me weep? This type of comedy does not exist.
Elmire Jourdain: Well, then... invent it.
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Summary of Moliere
Bubbling with wit, stellar performances and lavish cinematography, Moli?re stars multi-Cesar?-nominated French actor Romain Duris as Moli?re, a down-and-out actor-cum-playwright up to his ears in debt. When the wealthy Jourdain (Cesar?-winner Fabrice Luchini) offers to cover that debt (so that Moli?re's theatrical talents might help Jourdain win the heart of a certain widowed marquise), hilarity ensues. Disguised as a priest, Moli?re becomes a guest in Jourdain's palace on the pretext of teaching Jourdain the craft of the stage, which annoys his wife, Elmire. But, soon after, the confrontation between Elmire and Moli?re turns seductive. Too busy to notice, Jourdain enlists the aid of a well connected and scheming acquaintance, to help him pursue the young widow. Romantic yearning, human foibles and laughs galore all characterize Moli?re, a delightful film that slyly captures your heart.
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