Molière

Drama, History

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Ariane Mnouchkine

Status Released

Release Date 1978-08-30

Storyline

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.