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Beaumarchais (film)

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Beaumarchais
Directed byÉdouard Molinaro
Written byÉdouard Molinaro
Jean-Claude Brisville
Sacha Guitry (play)
Produced byCharles Gassot
StarringFabrice Luchini
Sandrine Kiberlain
Manuel Blanc
Michel Aumont
Narrated byPierre Arditi
CinematographyMichael Epp
Edited byVéronique Parnet
Music byJean-Claude Petit
Production
companies
Distributed byBAC Films
Release date
  • 30 August 1996 (1996-08-30)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$14.5 million
Box office$37.9 million[1]

Beaumarchais (French: Beaumarchais l'insolent) is a 1996 French biopic film directed by Édouard Molinaro and starring Fabrice Luchini, Manuel Blanc and Sandrine Kiberlain.[2] The film is based on the life of the French playwright, financier and spy Pierre Beaumarchais, depicting his activities during the American War of Independence and his authorship of the Figaro trilogy of plays. It was adapted from a play by Sacha Guitry.

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  1. ^ JP. "Beaumarchais l\'insolent (1996)- JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com.
  2. ^ BFI.org
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