The read
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Molière, a down-and-out actor-cum-playwright up to his ears in debt. When the wealthy Jourdain offers to cover that debt so that Molière's theatrical talents might help Jourdain win the heart of a certain widowed marquise, hilarity ensues.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes68%
Metacritic59/100
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
204 audience votes
Key crew
- Laurent TirardDirector
- Grégoire VigneronWriter
- Laurent TirardWriter
Cast
- Romain DurisMoliere
- Fabrice LuchiniM. Jourdain
- Édouard BaerDorante
- Ludivine SagnierCelimene
- Laura MoranteElmire Jourdain
- Fanny ValetteHenriette Jourdain
- Gonzague MontuelValère
- Gilian PetrovskiThomas
- Sophie-Charlotte HussonMadeleine Béjart
- Anne SuarezCatherine de Brie
- Annelise HesmeMarquise du Parc
- Alban CastermanValet Jourdain
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Themes
playwright