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Marquise (1997)

Marquise (1997)

Drama Comedy

The rise and fall of a beauteous actress

Release Date: 1997, August 20
Directors: Véra Belmont
Countries: Switzerland, Spain, France, Italy
Production: AMLF, Cofimage 5, France 3 Cinéma, 3Emme, Alhena Production
Cast: Lambert Wilson, Remo Girone, Sophie Marceau, Marianne Basler, Georges Wilson, Thierry Lhermitte, Estelle Skornik, Bernard Giraudeau, Patrick Timsit, Romina Mondello, Anémone, Franck de la Personne

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

woman director france 17th century versailles molière king louis xiv