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Moliere, 2007

Starring: Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini

Directed by: Laurent Tirard

Written by: Laurent Tirard

Language: French

Country: France

Runtime: 120 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:7.2

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Moliere can be described as witty and stylized. The plot revolves around secret identities, the life of a writer, and a love triangle. Its comic aspect comes from farce. Moliere's main genres are drama, foreign, and comedy. In approach, it is realistic. It is located in Paris. Moliere takes place in the 17th century. It is drawn from a biography and originally a true story. It is well suited for a date night.

Summary of Moliere

Moliere, the French 17th century playwright behind THE MISANTHROPE and TARTUFFE, gets his SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE treatment in this entertaining romantic comedy-drama. Director Laurent Tirard paints a romantic portrait of the artist as a young man that's a deft mix of fact and fiction, involving wealthy buffoon Jourdain (Fabrice Luchini) who enlists Moliere's help to woo the icy Marquise Celimene (SWIMMING POOL's Ludivigne Sagnier). Jourdain's neglected wife (Laura Morante) regards Moliere's presence in their manor with suspicion (he's posing as a religious scholar). The callow Moliere finds himself drawn to Madame, despite her doubts, and she to him, especially when he helps her in aiding the forbidden romance of her daughter. Backed by a robust orchestral score, sumptuous period detail, and plenty of pratfall-suffused romantic entanglements (lifted from Moliere's plays), the movie bravely steps outside its dramatic outline to become a moving meditation on the meaning of love as selflessness, in the best French tradition of intellectual and romantic discourse. Romain Duris (THE BEAT MY HEART SKIPPED) is endearingly mangy as Moliere, but it's Morante who scores highest, playing yet another in Gallic cinema's many celebrated sexy, intelligent older women. It's in French with English subtitles.