

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.
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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

Albert Delpy
Boileau
Odile Cointepas
La mère de Molière

Joséphine Derenne
Madeleine Béjart

Brigitte Catillon
Armande Béjart

Julien Maurel
L'ami de Molière
Philippe Cointepas
Un camarade de Jean-Baptiste
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