Beaumarchais, l'insolent

Fabrice Luchini (Paris) plays Beaumarchais, a playwright and adventurer whose life is made up of a string of romantic encounters and escapades in 18th century France.
Director Edouard Molinaro was noted for his classic film La Cage aux Folles (1978) which was remade in 1996 with Robin Williams (The Birdcage).