Molière

A biographical drama tracing Jean-Baptiste Poquelin's rise from humble origins to becoming the celebrated playwright Molière, set against 17th-century France.

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin is raised by his father and his grandfather because his mother dies when he's still very little. He works as a handyman, studies the law at a university and travels the country as an actor before he becomes the celebrated playwright Molière who impresses firstly the Duke of Orleans and then even King Louis XIV.