On Sunday, Kolor Kinema will screen a french autobiographical comedy,
Molière.
The film is like Shakespeare In Love, both in the sense that it''s full of
Molière
quotes, and that it''s fun and easy-going. Original audio, hungarian subtitles and
Romain Duris
!
In 1657,
playwright/actor Molière
, having been given a theater in the capital by the King, is
back in Paris
after touring the kingdom of France with his company of players. One day, a
young lady asks him to follow her
to the deathbed of her mother...





Thirteen years earlier,
Molière already runs a troupe
but goes broke and is thrown to
prison
. Fortunately his debt is covered by
Monsieur Jourdain
, a rich man who wants him to help him rehearse a
one-act play
he has written with a view to seducing a beautiful bright young widow, Célimène. As Jourdain is married to Elmire, and is the "respectable" father of two daughters his design must remain secret so Molière is introduced into the house as Tartuffe, an austere priest...