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12 September 1997 (USA)
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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. full summary | add synopsis
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Marquise Si Mon Visage...........
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sophie Marceau | ... | Marquise | |
| Bernard Giraudeau | ... | Molière | |
| Lambert Wilson | ... | Racine | |
| Patrick Timsit | ... | Gros-René | |
| Thierry Lhermitte | ... | Louis XIV | |
| Anémone | ... | La Voisin | |
| Remo Girone | ... | Jean-Baptiste Lully | |
| Georges Wilson | ... | Floridor | |
| Marianne Basler | ... | Madame | |
| Franck de la Personne | ... | Monsieur | |
| Romina Mondello | ... | Armande | |
| Estelle Skornik | ... | Marie | |
| Anne-Marie Philipe | ... | Catherine de Brie | |
| Christine Joly | ... | Madeleine Béjart | |
| Beatrice Palme | ... | Geneviève |
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L'amour médecin
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......A Quelques Traits Un Peu Vieux
Souvenez-Vous Qu'à Mon Age
Vous ne Vaudrez Guère Mieux
(Marquise,If My Face is an old man's one/Remember when you get old,you won't look any better)
A poem written by an aging Corneille for Marquise -which is a first name ,not a title- which would never come true cause MARQUISE died young.
Generally I 'm not a fan of Sophie Marceau but she's acceptable here,particularly when she dances .She gets strong support from Bernard Giraudeau as Molière,Lambert Wilson as Racine,Anemone as "la Voisin" (the poison expert) and even Thierry Lhermitte as the king.
Vera Belmont successfully recreates the GRand Siècle when the Sun king used to reign: from the muddy filthy streets to the luxury of Versailles and Vaux-le-Vicomte where the nobles hide their grime behind an outrageous make up.
Some lines are very funny but you have got to have some knowledge of classic French literature so you can appreciate such witty words as "let's say "Tartuffe" takes place in England or among that infamous Protestant reformed religion!"Belmont also draws an interesting parallel between Racine's "Andromaque" and the young widow Marquise .
Best scene: Duparc's burial at night,for at the time thespians were excommunicated .Giraudeau's lines goes straight to the heart.There is a similar scene in Abel Gance's "Le Capitaine Fracasse" .That director was certainly a major influence on Belmont:like him,her characters often use lines of poetry.