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.

Véra Belmont

Director

Marcel Beaulieu

Screenplay

Jean-François Josselin

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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