Philippe Caubère

A Parisian criminal gang fall apart after challenges to the gang's leader lessen his influence.

A dive into the heart of creation, into the daily life, into the intimacy of one of the most fascinating theater men of our time. From rehearsals to confessions, between euphoria and anger, the ardor and doubts of a man facing a unique and devouring work.

The filming of Mnouchkine's "Molière" comes to an end and the entire troupe of the Soleil learns that the film has been selected for the Cannes Festival. Ferdinand, a neophyte star, is going to come up against the festival's fauna and, finally, free himself from Ariane's grip and take his freedom as an adult actor.

We are in the aftermath of 1968, when terrible angers erupt, those of Ariadne against the comedians who do not find their characters and the rebellion of the comedians who can no longer stand Ariadne's demands. These days of anger are those during which, in extremis, the show is made and finally played.

After "Les Enfants du Soleil" in which ferdinand Faure, a young actor from Aix-en-Provence arrived in Paris and received his sentimental education at the hands of Clémence, our hero now tackles the terrible hardships of stage training. Indeed, poor ferdinand finds himself up against Ariane, Ariane the Great of the Cartoucherie Theatre. The actors all do improvisations in Commedia dell'arte masks. Between the distress of Bruno who can't manage to "get into" the troupe and the insistence of Ariane who urges all the masked actors to step beyond their private defences, something crazy, funny and desperate emerges : the Golden Age !

Ferdinand Faure, our hero, comes up from Aix-en-Provence to join the Cartoucherie Theatre company along with his pals : Jean-Claude, a brash, self-assured Parisian, and Max, a teacher of American literature, Provencal to the bone, and in love with his flighty wife, Bernadette. At the Cartoucherie, director Ariane is surrounded by a motley crew including one Clémence, who walks the high wire while juggling with clubs.

My Mother's Castle (Le chateau de ma mere) is a sequel and companion piece to My Father's Glory (La Gloire de Mon Pere), both based on the childhood recollections of Marcel Pagnol. Like its predecessor, the movie explores the adventures of the young Marcel during his summers at the family summer home in Provence.

French adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's memoirs of his childhood in the countryside, early in the century.

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin is raised by his father and his grandfather because his mother dies when he's still very little. He works as a handyman, studies the law at a university and travels the country as an actor before he becomes the celebrated playwright Molière who impresses firstly the Duke of Orleans and then even King Louis XIV.

Recording of the play 1789, a collective creation by Théâtre du Soleil at La Cartoucherie de Vincennes in 1970, edited from several shows.