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Beaumarchais--The Scoundrel

1996, Movie, NR, 100 mins

BEAUMARCHAIS--THE SCOUNDREL | BEAUMARCHAIS--L'INSOLENT
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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 episod... read more leave a comment
Year: 1996
Rated NR

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Cast
Fabrice Luchini: Beaumarchais
Sandrine Kiberlain: Marie-Therese de Willermaulaz
Manuel Blanc: Gudin de la Brenellerie
Michel Piccoli: Prince de Conti
Michel Serrault: Louis XV
Jacques Weber: Duc de Chaulnes

 

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