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Actors: Fabrice Luchini, Manuel Blanc, Sandrine Kiberlain, Michel Aumont, Judith Godrèche, Jean-François Balmer, Jean-Claude Brialy, Florence Thomassin, Miche
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Beaumarchais the Scoundrel |
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BEAUMARCHAIS, THE SCOUNDREL (Beaumarchais, l'insolent) is a movie directed by the French director Edouard Molinaro in 1996.
This biopic describes 12 years (1772-1784) of the incredible life of Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, above all known as the author of such stage plays as "The Barber of Seville" or "The Marriage of Figaro". But Beaumarchais was also sent in England by Louis the XVth as a spy and ran guns and cannons to the American revolutionaries. His plays were so bold for that time that he spent months, on several occasions, in the French prisons. The themes and the ideas treated in his writings were undoubtedly an inspiration for all the great figures of the French revolution.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Beaumarchais the Scoundrel |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 18th century
Polit/Social/Race/Gender activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- liberal/lefty activism
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- writer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) long girliemon hair
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) long girliemon hair
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
- France
City?
Yes
City:
- Paris
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- sex under blankets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- play
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