Marquise
The rise and fall of a beauteous actress
Marquise is a drama about the rise and fall of a beauteous actress. As cheerfully portrayed by Sophie Marceau, the eponymous heroine is an engagingly ribald, but perhaps rather too modern, character. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favourite of the Sun King, Louis XIV, and the mistress of the celebrated Racine, who wrote roles especially for her; but her fate, in the end, is a tragic one.
- Year: 1997
- Country: Switzerland, Spain, France, Italy
- Genre: Drama, Comedy
- Studio: AMLF, Cofimage 5, France 3 Cinéma, 3Emme, Alhena Production
- Keyword: france, versailles, woman director, molière, 17th century, king louis xiv
- Director: Véra Belmont
- Cast: Sophie Marceau, Bernard Giraudeau, Lambert Wilson, Patrick Timsit, Thierry Lhermitte, Anémone