Vos yeux beaux damour me font, belle marquise, mourir. A french comedyhistory film directed by laurent tirard with english subtitles year. Apparently the real moliere vanished for 2 years and this describes what he may have been up to. Moliere is a french equivalent of shakespeare in love, an imaginative treatment of a crucial point in its subjects literary and emotional development, as clever, romantic and beautifully mounted. It was released in europe in january 2007 and in the united. The sets and costumes are glorious, and we are spared the usual obligatory images of filth and. To fully appreciate this film it would be helpful to know a little about molieres life and why the director made this film. In french with subtitles, but dont let that put you off. Moliere is a 2007 film by french director laurent tirard and starring romain duris as moliere. Tartuffe, le misanthrope, the imaginary invalid and le bourgeois gentilhomme. The original idea of the movie was quite seducing, showing us part of molieres life as if he were in a. Actrices et acteurs moliere 2007 moliere, casting du film. Romain duris, fabrice luchini, laura morante, edouard baer, ludivine sagnier, fanny valette, gonzague montuel, gilian petrovski, sophiecharlotte husson, anne suarez, annelise hesme, luc tremblais, nicolas vaude, philippe du janerand et isabelle caubere. Moliere film, 2007 moliere ar en fransk komedifilm fran 2007 i regi av laurent tirard.
In the film, romain duris looks like the child of neil young and the latino guitarist of a metallica cover band. Seulement voila, le cinema francais recent na aucun talent afin dillustrer son. List of major works edit le medecin volant 1645 the flying doctor. Damour mourir me font, belle marquise, vos beaux yeux. Moliere agrees and promptly falls in love with jourdains wife, played with some reserve and a touch of severity by laura morante and incidents and dialogue are transformed and used in the. Im in a production of a moliere play, the misanthrope, though this does not color my opinion of the movie. Doesnt matter if youve never read any moliere, the film stands up on its own but it may make you wnat to read some after youve watched it. With romain duris, fabrice luchini, laura morante, edouard baer. Like many period films, this movie has high production values. As it says, its a french shakespeare in love, but so much better. In 1645, the french playwright and actor jeanbaptiste poquelin better known as moliere mysteriously disappeared for several weeks, and. He wrote some of the most important comedies in human history he was born in paris where his father owned a carpet shop. It was entered into the 29th moscow international film festival where fabrice luchini won the silver george for best actor. From 1638 to 1640, he studied in the jesuit college of clermont, then started a brief lawyer.
Belle marquise, vos beaux yeux me font mourir damour. Good ensemble piece despite the focus being on duris, genuinely funny in parts and the concept of having molieres plays and characters running through the film like a constant thread works well. Though it might be moliere for dummies, its infinitely more fun than french director ariane mnouchkines tedious 1978 film portrait, a moliere for smarties that ran four hours plus and, like. It was released in europe in january 2007 and in the united states in july 2007. The 2007 french film moliere was more loosely based on the life of moliere, starring romain duris, fabrice luchini and ludivine sagnier.