Marquise

Name: Marquise
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1997-08-20
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 5.5

The rise and fall of a beauteous actress

1h 51m French, Latin

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Marquise

The rise and fall of a beauteous actress

1h 51m French, Latin

★ #14,569 Drama Comedy

#france #versailles #woman director #molière #17th century #king louis xiv

Marquise is a drama about the rise and fall of a beauteous actress. As cheerfully portrayed by Sophie Marceau, the eponymous heroine is an engagingly ribald, but perhaps rather too modern, character. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favourite of the Sun King, Louis XIV, and the mistress of the celebrated Racine, who wrote roles especially for her; but her fate, in the end, is a tragic one.

Director Véra Belmont

Screenplay Jean-François Josselin Adaptation Véra Belmont Screenplay Marcel Beaulieu Adaptation, Dialogue Gérard Mordillat