Marquise (Marquise)

The rise and fall of a beauteous actress

Release Date:	1997-08-20
Runtime:	111 min
Status:	Released
Genres:	Drama, Comedy
Production:	AMLF, Cofimage 5, France 3 Cinéma, 3Emme, Alhena Production

Overview

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.