Molière 1978

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin is raised by his father and his grandfather because his mother dies when he's still very little. He works as a handyman, studies the law at a university and travels the country as an actor before he becomes the celebrated playwright Molière who impresses firstly the Duke of Orleans and then even King Louis XIV.

Cast:

Philippe Caubère
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière / La Mort 

Marie-Françoise Audollent
La Forest / La servante 

Frédéric Ladonne
Molière enfant 

Jean Dasté
Le grand-père de Molière 

Roger Planchon
Colbert 

Daniel Mesguich
Monsieur, frère du Roi 

• Molière, ou la vie d'un honnête homme