---
title: 'Marquise (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Véra Belmont'
released: '1997-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 120
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Switzerland'
  - 'Italy'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/marquise-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119623/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Marquise (1997)

1997 · 120 min · Drama, Comedy, History · France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain


## Synopsis

Marquise is a 1997 French dramatic film directed by Véra Belmont, and starring Sophie Marceau, Bernard Giraudeau, and Lambert Wilson. Written by Jean-François Josselin, Véra Belmont, Marcel Beaulieu and Gérard Mordillat, the film is about a dancer and actress, based on the historical actress Marquise-Thérèse de Gorla, who rises from obscurity to win the hearts of some of France's most prominent citizens, including Moliere, Jean Racine, and King Louis XIV. She is helped in her career by a rotund comic, who falls in love with her, marries her, and brings her to Paris to launch her career. Despite her intimate involvement with other men, she keeps a special place in her heart reserved only for her unlikely spouse. Set in seventeenth century France, the film was shot on location in Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna, Italy, from September through December 1996.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Véra Belmont](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-belmont)
- **Screenplay:** [Véra Belmont](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-belmont), [Gérard Mordillat](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-mordillat)
- **Producer:** [Véra Belmont](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-belmont), [J. David Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-david-williams)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jordi Savall](https://cinepixo.com/people/jordi-savall)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean-Marie Dreujou](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-marie-dreujou)
- **Editor:** [Martine Giordano](https://cinepixo.com/people/martine-giordano), [Babak Karimi](https://cinepixo.com/people/babak-karimi)

## Cast

- [Marta Zoffoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/marta-zoffoli)
- [Marianne Basler](https://cinepixo.com/people/marianne-basler) as Henrietta of England
- [Lambert Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/lambert-wilson) as Jean Racine
- [Bernard Giraudeau](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-giraudeau) as Molière
- [Olivier Achard](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-achard) as Monsieur de Saint-Loup
- [Anne-Marie Philipe](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-marie-philipe) as Catherine Leclerc du Rose
- [Simón Andreu](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-andreu) as Daniel de Cosnac
- [Georges Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-wilson) as Floridor
- [Franck de Lapersonne](https://cinepixo.com/people/franck-de-lapersonne) as Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
- [Victoria Zinny](https://cinepixo.com/people/victoria-zinny)
- [Anémone](https://cinepixo.com/people/anemone) as Catherine Deshayes
- [Catherine Zago](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-zago)
- [Sophie Marceau](https://cinepixo.com/people/sophie-marceau) as Marquise-Thérèse de Gorla
- [Estelle Skornik](https://cinepixo.com/people/estelle-skornik) as Marie
- [Stéphane Boucher](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephane-boucher) as Louis Béjart

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