Molière

A complete French lesson plan for Molière — ready to open and teach.

Laurent Tirard's 2007 film imagines the years in the young Molière's life that history never recorded — a fictional episode that turns out to explain everything. A 17th-century comedy of manners about a playwright who is learning, through painful experience, exactly what he will spend his career writing about: vanity, desire, social performance, and the gap between who people think they are and who they actually are.

Good films have natural moments — a powerful scene, a cultural encounter, a shift in the story — where the language and meaning come together. This plan identifies those moments in Molière and builds a lesson around each one. For every scene, you get vocabulary and cultural notes, comprehension activities, and communicative tasks your students can work through in class or independently. A pre-film warm-up gets them ready before the first screening.

Everything is included: the teacher's guide, student worksheets in French, and an answer key.

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📅 Teach it when it counts

• Molière birthday (January 15): The playwright's birth is the obvious hook — and the film gives students something to say about him.
• French theater / Le Grand Siècle units: Pairs with actual Molière texts — Tartuffe, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme — for a complete unit.
• 17th-century France / Versailles: Court life, class, and social aspiration fill the frame.

Language: French | Director: Laurent Tirard | Year: 2007
Level: Advanced | Format: Downloadable PDF — instant delivery

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