list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Molière on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Moli_re/298737/default.aspx Title: Molière
Year: 2007
Director: Laurent Tirard
Plot: In 1645, the French playwright and actor Jean-Baptiste Poquelin -- better known as Molière -- mysteriously disappeared for several weeks, and this lavish comedy drama imagines a scenario that could explain what may have happened to him. At this time, Molière (Romain Duris) is touring the French countryside with his traveling theater company, and he's yet to be recognized as one of the continent's great authors (or achieve significant financial success). Molière is put in jail after skipping out on some unpaid debts, but is freed after his fine is paid by two strangers. Molière discovers his benefactors are acting on behalf of Jourdain (Fabrice Luchini), a very wealthy man who has a beautiful wife, Elmire (Laura Morante) and two lovely daughters. However, Jourdain has fallen head over heels for Celimene (Ludivine Sagnier), a gorgeous widow, and he's written a short play in order to demonstrate his feelings for her. Jourdain needs someone to help him polish his script and serve as an acting coach, and he's recruited Molière for the job. Needing the money, Moliere accepts, but he poses as a man of the cloth, Monsieur Tartuffe, to keep his identity a secret. Molière soon realizes that Jourdain's talent exists only in the rich man's imagination, and that Jourdain already has a rival for Celimene's affections, the charming but duplicitous Dorante (Edouard Baer). Molière was written and directed by Laurent Tirard. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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]]>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:50:13 GMTMolière2007Laurent TirardIn 1645, the French playwright and actor Jean-Baptiste Poquelin -- better known as Molière -- mysteriously disappeared for several weeks, and this lavish comedy drama imagines a scenario that could explain what may have happened to him. At this time, Molière (<a href="/players/P___195802/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Romain Duris</a>) is touring the French countryside with his traveling theater company, and he's yet to be recognized as one of the continent's great authors (or achieve significant financial success). Molière is put in jail after skipping out on some unpaid debts, but is freed after his fine is paid by two strangers. Molière discovers his benefactors are acting on behalf of Jourdain (<a href="/players/P____43631/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Fabrice Luchini</a>), a very wealthy man who has a beautiful wife, Elmire (<a href="/players/P____50473/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Laura Morante</a>) and two lovely daughters. However, Jourdain has fallen head over heels for Celimene (<a href="/players/P____62607/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ludivine Sagnier</a>), a gorgeous widow, and he's written a short play in order to demonstrate his feelings for her. Jourdain needs someone to help him polish his script and serve as an acting coach, and he's recruited Molière for the job. Needing the money, Moliere accepts, but he poses as a man of the cloth, Monsieur Tartuffe, to keep his identity a secret. Molière soon realizes that Jourdain's talent exists only in the rich man's imagination, and that Jourdain already has a rival for Celimene's affections, the charming but duplicitous Dorante (Edouard Baer). Molière was written and directed by Laurent Tirard. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide112http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s298737.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Moli_re/298737/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/chrismorrell/archive/2008/1/23/24274.aspx Post By: chrismorrell
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Body: This is one those movies when you end up thinking...i dont know what category i would put that in, but i liked it ..and right up to the title sequence i thought it was called by the English title.."the beat that my heart skipped" Mai le francais il sont superior(ha ha)ne est pa?....all the action and engagement (another french word there)comes from the main character,and thus it is Romain Duris' breakthrough,and perhaps signature performance..( I havnt bothered with Moliere)this guy has charisma in bucketloads like a new Jean Paul Belmondo maybe,i could also see him doing comedy... The edgeness of Romain's character , trying to find artistic achievement in the face of his brutal work,and workmates,makes that achievement seem doomed to failure ...the eventual resolution is somewhat trite,but satisfying nonetheless.
]]>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:45:53 GMTchrismorrellchrismorrell Blog1/23/2008 6:45:53 PM This is one those movies when you end up thinking...i dont know what category i would put that in, but i liked it ..and right up to the title sequence i thought it was called by the English title..&quot;the beat that my heart skipped&quot; Mai le francais il sont superior(ha ha)ne est pa?....all the action and engagement (another french word there)comes from the main character,and thus it is Romain Duris&#39; breakthrough,and perhaps signature performance..( I havnt bothered with Moliere)this guy has charisma in bucketloads like a new Jean Paul Belmondo maybe,i could also see him doing comedy... The edgeness of Romain&#39;s character , trying to find artistic achievement in the face of his brutal work,and workmates,makes that achievement seem doomed to failure ...the eventual resolution is somewhat trite,but satisfying nonetheless. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/prison/MemberTagFilms.aspxprison
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