MARQUISE Official Competition

Set against the backdrop of the court of King Louis
XIV at Versailles, this is a magnificent piece of
filmmakmg- luxuriously romantic and beautiful. A
ravishingly beautiful but poverty stricken young dancer
marnes a famous actor in Moliere’s drama troupe, and is
soon mtroduced to the King. Now the Marquise du Pare,
she 1s also noticed by Jean Racine, about to write his first
play. Now she is tom between the actor and the two
writers, Moliere, to whom she owes everything but who
doubts her talents as an actress, and Racine, who thinks
the world of her and considers her the greatest a:tress of
her time.
. Rich in splendour and pageantry, MARQUISE
delights its audience with its full-bodied characters
stunning costumes, and depiction of the French the?ter of
the 17th century and the players of that unique period.
_”This is a Marquise of comedy, a free-spirited,
passionate Marqmse, who flies in the face of the illhumoured
and, I hope, brings laughter and tears to those
who abandon themselves to her fantasy … “-Vera
Belmont