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Marquise
“The rise and fall of a beauteous actress”
5.5 / 10• 1997• 1h 51m•NR• French
DramaComedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Sophie Marceau
Marquise
Lead
Bernard Giraudeau
Moliere
Lambert Wilson
Racine
Patrick Timsit
Gros-Rene
Thierry Lhermitte
Louis XIV
Anémone
La Voisin
Remo Girone
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Georges Wilson
Floridor
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Véra Belmont's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Marquise is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
