La mort de Molière
A collaboration in which Robert Wilson and Heiner Müller let Molière die, imagine his death in tableaux with text passages recited by Müller himself. "Cinema watches Death at work." Wilson's actors watch Molière die: their vigil is hard work. Müller's comment: "The poem watches a dying man at work, his name is Molière. The poem is not a film. The film watches an actor playing a dying man called Molière."
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La mort de Molière
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 17, 1994
Runtime
0h 47m
Genres
TV Movie, Drama, History
Original Title
La mort de Molière
Production Companies
La Sept-Arte, France Supervison, INA
Director
Robert Wilson
Description
A collaboration in which Robert Wilson and Heiner Müller let Molière die, imagine his death in tableaux with text passages recited by Müller himself. "Cinema watches Death at work." Wilson's actors watch Molière die: their vigil is hard work. Müller's comment: "The poem watches a dying man at work, his name is Molière. The poem is not a film. The film watches an actor playing a dying man called Molière."
