Beaumarchais

IMDb link: 0115638
IMDb rating: 6.7 (1,559 votes)
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, History
Director: Sandrine Kiberlain, Edouard Molinaro
Cast: Fabrice Luchini, Manuel Blanc, Michel Aumont and others

Release date: 17 Oct 1997
Release year: 1996
Runtime: 116 minutes
Country: France
Keywords: king louis xv character, king louis xvi character, marie antoinette character, beaumarchais character, marie therese character, american, playwright, 18th century, 1780s, prince

Plot:

The true life story of Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, the son of a clockmaker, who writes "The Barber of Seville", works as a secret agent for the French king, runs guns to the American revolutionaries, and along the way finds himself on a collision course with the Chevalier d'Eon, France's notorious cross-dressing superspy.

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