Marquise (1997)
"The rise and fall of a beauteous actress"

Title: Marquise
Original Title: Marquise
Release Date: 1997-08-20
Status: Released
Rating: 5.6/10 (from 45 votes)
Language: FR
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Production Companies: AMLF, Cofimage 5, France 3 Cinéma, 3Emme, Alhena Production
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

Sophie Marceau
Marquise

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

Marianne Basler
Madame

Franck de la Personne
Monsieur