Moliere DVD
Availability
This product should be despatched within 2 working days. Despatched from the UK. Delivery timesUsually 2-3 days to reach UK addresses. Europe takes around 2 days longer and International destinations take 1-2 weeks
Delivery
FREE to UK addresses.
Costs to other countriesUK: Free
Western Europe: £2.00
Rest of the world: £3.00
Returns Policy
If you are unhappy with your purchase, you can return it to us within 14 days. More details
Film Details
Directed by Laurent Tirard
Produced in 2007
Main Language - French
Countries & Regions - European Film, French Film
Cast
Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Laura Morante, Ludivine Sagnier, Fanny Valette
Genres
Contemporary Drama • Contemporary Period, Costume, Historical Film
MovieMail's Review
A disarmingly shameless French hommage to Shakespeare in Love, Laurent Tirard's elegant and witty seventeenth-century comedy constructs a similar romantic contrivance around alleged events from the life of the playwright Molière (the pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin), taking advantage of a period in 1644 that has never been reliably documented. In this heavily fictionalised version, the debt-ridden young actor-writer (a dashing Romain Duris) is hired by the wealthy Monsieur Jourdain (Fabrice Luchini) to coach the latter in the art of performance in order to win the heart of a widowed countess. His pupil's painfully obvious lack of talent makes this a thankless task, rendered somewhat more diverting by the alluring presence of Madame Jourdain (Laura Morante). The resulting farcical liaisons lead to Molière's realisation that his initial pretensions towards tragedy are massively outweighed by a supremely natural gift for comedy. Unsurprisingly, the film has countless allusions to his still unwritten plays, though they function more as bonbons for the well-read than vital keys to comprehension: those after a straightforwardly rollicking costume romance will be amply satisfied.
Michael Brooke on 8th October 2007
Author of 137 reviews
Film Description
Romain Duris stars as down-and-out actor-cum-playwright Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, later to become known to the world as Moliere in this lavish period drama.
DVD Details
Certificate: PG
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Length: 120 mins
Aspect ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Format: DVD Colour
Region: 2
Released: 12th November 2007
Cat No: P922501000
Subtitles: English
DVD Extras
- Behind The Scenes
- Making-of
Film Stills
