Marquise (1997)

The rise and fall of a beauteous actress 1997-08-20 Switzerland, Spain, France, Italy 111 Min. PG-13

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Drama Comedy

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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.