La mort de Molière

Name: La mort de Molière
Released: 1994-01-17
Rating: 8

1994

Trailer

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."

Release Date

1994-01-17

Status

Released

Original Title

La mort de Molière

Runtime

47 min

Original Language

FR

Production Companies

La Sept-Arte, France Supervison, INA

Overview

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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