Marquise
“The rise and fall of a beauteous actress”
DramaComedy
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.
VIBE
A lavish, witty, and ultimately tragic journey through the opulent court of Louis XIV. It's a tale of ambition, love, and the pursuit of art, featuring a captivating performance and a vibrant, if anachronistic, heroine.
bawdyromantictragicopulentwittysteadyperiod dramahistorical epiccostume dramaFrench cinemaambitionloveartclassfame
franceversailleswoman directormolière17th centuryking louis xiv
