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Molière
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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Philippe Caubère
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière / La Mort
Marie-Françoise Audollent
La Forest / La servante
Frédéric Ladonne
Molière enfant
Jean Dasté
Le grand-père de Molière
Roger Planchon
Colbert
Daniel Mesguich
Monsieur, frère du Roi
Albert Delpy
Boileau
Odile Cointepas
La mère de Molière
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THE-LENS
9/20/2026
# **MOLIÈRE** **Film:** *Molière* ***Molière*** is a 1978 French [drama film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_film "Drama film") directed by [Ariane Mnouchkine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_Mnouchkine "Ariane Mnouchkine"). **PLOT:** ★★★★ **MUSIC:** ★★★★★ **PERFORMANCE:** ★★★★★ **CINEMATOGRAPHY:** ★★★★★ # **LA COMÉDIE-FRANÇAISE — MOLIÈRE** ### **Review by Dr Usman Latif Khawaja** ## **JEAN-BAPTISTE POQUELIN — MOLIÈRE** Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, pseudonym Molière, is the best playwright France has ever produced. He was born in **1622 and died in 1673** while performing in one of his plays. He was born rich, studied to be a lawyer, and then gave up everything to become a writer-actor. He is the French equivalent of **Shakespeare**, though he wrote sa
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