Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
(1996)
|
|
| 0Share... |
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
(1996)
|
|
| 0Share... |
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Fabrice Luchini | ... | ||
| Sandrine Kiberlain | ... | ||
|
|
Manuel Blanc | ... | |
| Michel Aumont | ... | ||
|
|
Jean-François Balmer | ... |
Sartine
|
| Jean-Claude Brialy | ... |
Abbot
|
|
| Patrick Bouchitey | ... |
Monsieur Lejay
|
|
|
|
Evelyne Bouix | ... | |
| Isabelle Carré | ... |
Rosine
|
|
|
|
José Garcia | ... | |
| Alain Chabat | ... |
Le courtisan à Versailles
|
|
|
|
Pierre Gérard | ... | |
| Judith Godrèche | ... | ||
| Murray Head | ... |
Lord Rochford
|
|
|
|
Axelle Laffont | ... |
Mariette Lejay
|
The life story of the titular Beaumarchais (Fabrice Luchini), playwright and adventurer, who gets himself into numerous different scrapes and romantic encounters in 18th Century France. Written by Jonathan Broxton <j.w.broxton@sheffield.ac.uk>
This is a film for those who love democracy -- the victory of what Jefferson called the "aristocracy of talent" over the dead weight of the past. You will be swept up in this marvelous adventure, this heroic tale that recounts the American and the French revolutions at their best. This film is the LIFE, not the letter -- as it is presented in text books. Hurray for the American revolution and the French revolution and remember that their goal was wit and delight and love -- not advancement as an end in itself. The French cinema has presented this film in such a lovely, believable, natural manner. Thank you to them. Wonderful, humane acting graces a noble subject.