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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Laurent Tirard |
| Stars: |
Romain Duris |
| Actors: |
Edouard Baer |
| Genre: |
Education/General Interest |
| Subgenre: |
Satire · Biographical · Writers · Drama |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
043396214651 |
| Release Date: |
2007 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 1min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 2hr 1min
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (January 22, 2008)
UPC: 043396214651 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Gregoire Vigneron |
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Professional Reviews
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(07/01/2007, p.42, Matt Mueller): 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] wildly impressive French frolic....Both a glittering showcase for a literary giant's comic genius and a first-class farce in its own right. By turns funny, mysterious, suffering and sexy." |
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| Details: |
Moliere, the French 17th century playwright behind THE MISANTHROPE and TARTUFFE, gets his SHAKESPEARE IN 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, involving wealthy buffoon Jourdain (Fabrice Luchini) who enlists Moliere's help to woo the icy Marquise Celimene (SWIMMING POOL's Ludivigne Sagnier). Jourdain's neglected wife (Laura Morante) regards Moliere's presence in their manor with suspicion (he's posing as a religious scholar). The callow Moliere finds himself drawn to Madame, despite her doubts, and she to him, especially when he helps her in aiding the forbidden romance of her daughter. Backed by a robust orchestral score, sumptuous period detail, and plenty of pratfall-suffused romantic entanglements (lifted from Moliere's plays), the movie bravely steps outside its dramatic outline to become a moving meditation on the meaning of love as selflessness, in the best Fr... |
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