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...there that Moliére (Philippe Caubère) learned his craft and began writing the first of his farces, which were to make him France's greatest comic playwright. His troupe returned to Paris and gained the patronage of the young Louis XIV, who was then a mere sparkler compared with the great Sun King he was to become. Like all satirists, Moliére wrote from anger and disappointment, however, and his sharp attacks on the reigning conventions infuriated the clergy and its conservative supporters. Even Louis had to bow to the pressure, and Tartuffe, perhaps...
That outline should indicate what fine television this might have been. What is lacking in Moliére, however, is Moliére. Caubère has done his best, but Ariane Mnouchkine, who both wrote and directed the series, has given neither him nor the viewer anything very solid. The star is the camera, and Mnouchkine has indulged its every whim. Most shots are held too long, and the only explanation behind some scenes has to be that they are very pretty...
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