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.

Credits

Ariane MnouchkineDirector

Philippe CaubèreJean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière / La Mort

Marie-Françoise AudollentLa Forest / La servante

Frédéric LadonneMolière enfant

Jean DastéLe grand-père de Molière