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# Molière is credited with the remark that one day people would speak of the French language not as the language of the French, but as the language of Molière
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/moleru-pripisyvaiut-frazu-o-tom-chto-kogda-nibud-o-frantsuzskom-iazyke-budut-govorit-ne-iazyk-frantsuzov-a-iazyk-molera/
- Published: 2022-01-18T17:19:11.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:39:35.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Cinema, Books, Paris, People

Molière is credited with the remark that one day people would speak of the French language not as the language of the French, but as the language of Molière. However presumptuous these words may have seemed to his contemporaries, the audacity proved prophetic. One of the greatest dramatists in history was born exactly 400 years ago. Although Molière's plots are familiar to every educated person, and Jean-Baptiste Poquelin himself is regarded as the creator of classical comedy, his work is not so very often adapted for the screen. In 2007 France produced a semi-fictional biographical film, Molière, about the genius's youth. Its screenplay draws on certain anecdotes from his life and on scenes from his plays, including Tartuffe, The Misanthrope, The Imaginary Invalid and The Bourgeois Gentleman, in which, according to the author's design, Molière's creative biography is revealed. Recommended viewing.

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