Fluffier than a souffle and even more insubstantial, Edouard Molinaro's sumptuously designed hagiography of the notorious
Marriage of Figaro playwright is strictly eye candy for the PBS set. It opens in 1773, where history finds the twice-widowed
ex-clockmaker Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (Fabrice Luchini) rehearsing his latest,
The Barber of Seville, while bravely denouncing the French aristocracy in a court of law. The film races through a few swashbuckling episodes of the playwright's life before it screeches to a halt
in 1784, panting for air: secret agent Beaumarchais in England for a secret rendezvous with an enigmatic transvestite; arm...
Released:
1996
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins