Marquise (1997)

  • NR
  • 09/12/1997 (US)
  • Drama, Comedy
  • 1h 51m

The rise and fall of a beauteous actress

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.

Jean-François Josselin

Screenplay

Véra Belmont

Director

Marcel Beaulieu

Screenplay

Cast

Sophie Marceau's headshot

Sophie Marceau

Marquise
Bernard Giraudeau's headshot

Bernard Giraudeau

Moliere
Lambert Wilson's headshot

Lambert Wilson

Racine
Patrick Timsit's headshot

Patrick Timsit

Gros-Rene
Thierry Lhermitte's headshot

Thierry Lhermitte

Louis XIV
Anémone's headshot

Anémone

La Voisin
Remo Girone's headshot

Remo Girone

Jean-Baptiste Lully
Georges Wilson's headshot

Georges Wilson

Floridor

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