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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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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