
Molière (1978)
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.
Actors: Philippe Caubère, Marie-Françoise Audollent, Frédéric Ladonne, Jean Dasté, Roger Planchon, Daniel Mesguich, Albert Delpy, Odile Cointepas, Joséphine Derenne, Brigitte Catillon
Country: France, Italy