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Moliere (Molière)
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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MoIiere, the French 17th century pIaywright behind THE MISANTHROPE and TARTUFFE, gets his SHAKESPEARE lN 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, invoIving wealthy buffoon Jourdain (Fabrice Luchini) who enIists MoIiere's heIp to woo the icy Marquise CeIimene (SWIMMING POOL's Ludivigne Sagnier). Jourdain's negIected wife (Laura Morante) regards Moliere's presence in their manor with suspicion (he's posing as a religious schoIar). The calIow Moliere finds himself drawn to Madame, despite her doubts, and she to him, especiaIIy when he heIps her in aiding the forbidden romance of her daughter. Backed by a robust orchestraI score, sumptuous period detaiI, and pIenty of pratfalI-suffused romantic entanglements (lifted from Moliere's plays), the movie braveIy steps outside its dramatic outIine to become a moving meditation on the meaning of love as selflessness, in the best French tradition of inteIIectual and romantic discourse. Romain Duris (THE BEAT MY HEART SKIPPED) is endearing as MoIiere, but it's Morante who scores highest, playing yet another in GaIlic cinema's many celebrated sexy, inteIIigent oIder women. |
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