Tartuffe ou L'imposteur (Comédie Française) (1997)

5.0/10 120 min Comedy Drama

Overview

Tartuffe is a hypocritical impostor who manages to manipulate Orgon, a wealthy widowed bourgeois, by feigning devotion. Orgon ends up offering his daughter Mariane in marriage to Tartuffe, while he disowns his son Damis and intends to donate all his possessions to Tartuffe. Elmire, Orgon's young wife, whom Tartuffe is courting, will attempt to expose him, while the royal family intervenes to prevent the ruin of Orgon's family.

Cast

Catherine Ferran

Dorine

Anne Kessler

Mariane

Philippe Torreton

Tartuffe

Cécile Brune

Elmire

Nathalie Nerval

Madame Pernelle

Eric Ruf

Damis

Bruno Raffaelli

l'Exempt

Stéphanie Labbé

Flipote

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