Beaumarchais

1h 40m • Comedy • 1996

AroView: Wigs and quippery at the ready, this is 18th century French history conceived in vivacious strokes of social satire and perfumed with a savoury wit, tracing the whirlwind life of the titular Beaumarchais (Fabrice Luchini), real-life adventurer and author of the comic plays The Marriage of Figaro and The Barber of Seville.

Full title: Beaumarchais L’Insolent (or Beaumarchais the Scoundrel)