Beaumarchais (film)
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Beaumarchais is a 1996 French
biopic film
directed by Édouard Molinaro
and starring Fabrice Luchini
, Manuel Blanc
and Sandrine Kiberlain
. It is based on the life of the French playwright, financier and spy Pierre Beaumarchais
depicting his activities during the American War of Independence and his authorship of the Figaro
trilogy of plays. It was adapted from a play by Sacha Guitry
.
Cinema of France
The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad.France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions. Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle...
biopic film
Biographical film
A biographical film, or biopic , is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people. They differ from films “based on a true story” or “historical films” in that they attempt to comprehensively tell a person’s life story or at least the most historically important years of their...
directed by Édouard Molinaro
Édouard Molinaro
Édouard Molinaro is a French film director, actor, and screenwriter. He was born in Gironde, Bordeaux.He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès , My Uncle Benjamin , Dracula and Son , and the Academy Award-nominated La Cage aux Folles Édouard Molinaro (born 13 May 1928) is a French...
and starring Fabrice Luchini
Fabrice Luchini
Fabrice Luchini is a French stage and film actor.-Biography:Fabrice Luchini was born in Île-de-France, Paris, into an Italian immigrant family, who were fruit and vegetable vendors. He grew up around the neighbourhood of Goutte d'Or in Paris's 18th arrondissement...
, Manuel Blanc
Manuel Blanc
Manuel Blanc is a French television and film actor.-Selected filmography:* I Don't Kiss * La Rivière Espérance * Beaumarchais * Exit * Two * Vivante * Mes parents...
and Sandrine Kiberlain
Sandrine Kiberlain
Sandrine Kiberlain is a French actress and singer. She has often worked with the director Laetitia Masson, and has also worked with Benoît Jacquot.Kiberlain received the Prix Romy Schneider in 1995...
. It is based on the life of the French playwright, financier and spy Pierre Beaumarchais
Pierre Beaumarchais
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a French playwright, watchmaker, inventor, musician, diplomat, fugitive, spy, publisher, arms dealer, satirist, financier, and revolutionary ....
depicting his activities during the American War of Independence and his authorship of the Figaro
Figaro
-Literature:* Figaro, the central character in:** The Barber of Seville by Beaumarchais***Il barbiere di Siviglia , the opera by Paisiello based on Beaumarchais' play...
trilogy of plays. It was adapted from a play by Sacha Guitry
Sacha Guitry
Alexandre-Pierre Georges Guitry was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the Boulevard theatre.- Biography :...
.
Partial cast
- Fabrice LuchiniFabrice LuchiniFabrice Luchini is a French stage and film actor.-Biography:Fabrice Luchini was born in Île-de-France, Paris, into an Italian immigrant family, who were fruit and vegetable vendors. He grew up around the neighbourhood of Goutte d'Or in Paris's 18th arrondissement...
- Pierre Beaumarchais - Sandrine KiberlainSandrine KiberlainSandrine Kiberlain is a French actress and singer. She has often worked with the director Laetitia Masson, and has also worked with Benoît Jacquot.Kiberlain received the Prix Romy Schneider in 1995...
- Marie-Thérèse - Manuel BlancManuel BlancManuel Blanc is a French television and film actor.-Selected filmography:* I Don't Kiss * La Rivière Espérance * Beaumarchais * Exit * Two * Vivante * Mes parents...
- Gudin - Michel Aumont - Baron de Breteuil
- Jean-François BalmerJean-François BalmerJean-François Balmer is a Swiss actor. He has worked extensively in French cinema, television and stage productions since the early 1970s.-Selected filmography:* Little Marcel * La Menace...
- Sartine - Jean-Claude BrialyJean-Claude BrialyJean-Claude Brialy – died 30 May 2007, Monthyon, Seine-et-Marne, France was a French actor, director, and socialite.-Biography:...
- Abbot - Patrick BouchiteyPatrick BouchiteyPatrick Bouchitey is a French actor and film director. He has appeared in 81 films and television shows since 1972. His film Cold Moon was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
- Monsieur Lejay - Evelyne BouixEvelyne BouixÉvelyne Bouix is a French film actress and stage actress. She has appeared in 61 films from 1970.She was made Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite in 1999.-Selected filmography:* Les Misérables...
- Madame Vigee Lebrun - Isabelle CarréIsabelle CarréIsabelle Carré is a French actress, who has appeared in more than 40 films since 1989. She won a César Award for Best Actress for her role in Se souvenir des belles choses , and has been nominated a further six times, for Beau fixe , Le Hussard sur le toit , La Femme défendue , Les Sentiments ,...
- Rosine - José GarciaJosé Garcia (actor)José Garcia , sometimes credited as José Luis Garcia, is a French film and television actor.- Early life and education :He was born in Paris, France.- Career :...
- Figaro - Alain ChabatAlain ChabatAlain Chabat is a French actor and director who appeared in La Cité de la peur, French Twist, The Taste of Others and The Science of Sleep.- Life and career :Chabat was born in Oran, French Algeria. He is Jewish....
- Le courtisan à Versailles - Pierre Gérard - Comte de Provence
- Judith Godrèche - Marie-Antoinette
- Murray HeadMurray HeadMurray Seafield Saint-George Head is a British actor and singer, most recognised for his international hit songs "Superstar" and "One Night in Bangkok" and his album Say It Ain't So...
- Lord Rochford - Axelle Laffont - Mariette Lejay
- Martin Lamotte - Comte de la Blache
- Guy MarchandGuy MarchandGuy Marchand is a French actor, musician and singer. He is best known for his role as the main character in the French police procedural series Nestor Burma.- Filmography :* 1970 : Boulevard du Rhum, directed by Robert Enrico...
- Court Member - François Morel - Peasent in Court
- Claire NeboutClaire NeboutClaire Nebout is a French actress. She has appeared in 55 films and television shows since 1986. She co-starred in In the Country of Juliets, which was entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
- Chevalier d'Eon - Michel Piccoli - Prince de Conti
- Michel SerraultMichel SerraultMichel Serrault was a celebrated French actor who appeared in over 150 films.-Biography :...
- Louis XV - Florence Thomassin - Marion Menard
- Jacques WeberJacques WeberJacques Weber is a French actor, director and writer, born in Paris .- Biography :Passionate about drama from his youth, Jacques Weber joined the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique at the age of 20, and won the prix d'Excellence when he left. He joined Robert Hossein in Reims...
- Duc de Chaulnes - Jean YanneJean YanneJean Yanne is the artist name of Jean Gouyé, born the 18 July 1933 in Les Lilas who died the 23 May 2003 in Morsains...
- Louis Goezman - Dominique BesnehardDominique BesnehardDominique Besnehard is a French actor. He has appeared in over 80 films and television shows since 1975. He starred in the 1983 film À nos amours, which was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival....
- Louis XVI - André OumanskyAndré OumanskyAndré Oumansky is a French actor. He appeared in more than eighty films since 1958.-Selected filmography:- External links :...
- Le président du Parlement - Maka KottoMaka KottoMaka Kotto , is a provincial level politician from Quebec, Canada and a former member of the Canadian House of Commons. He is the husband of Longueuil mayor Caroline St-Hilaire. He is also a published author and has appeared in film...
- Cezaire - Jeff NuttallJeff NuttallJeff Nuttall was an English poet, publisher, actor, painter, sculptor, jazz trumpeter, anarchist sympathiser and social commentator who was a key part of the British 1960s counter-culture. He was the brother of literary critic A. D. Nuttall.-Life and work:Jeff Nuttall was born in Clitheroe,...
- Benjamin Franklin - Jay BenedictJay BenedictJay Benedict is an American actor, best known in the United Kingdom for his role as Captain John Kieffer in Foyle's War .He has lived and worked in Europe since the 1960s...
- L'homme en gris - Dominic GouldDominic GouldDominic Gould is a French actor born 19 September 1964 in Los Angeles, USA.-Films and TV:*Marie-Antoinette - Count*Le Grand Charles - Roosevelt's interpreter*L'Antidote - Andrew...
- Arthur Lee - Niels Dubost - Count Almaviva
- Marc Dudicourt - Bartholo