MOLIÈRE, CYRANO AND THE YOUNG KING
synopsis
During a Paris rebellion, young Louis XIV must be hidden and is secretly replaced at court by a look-alike. Entrusted to the musketeer-poet Cyrano de Bergerac, Louis is sheltered within Madeleine’s traveling theater troupe, where the actor and aspiring playwright Molière has just joined – unaware their newest member is the future king. As Cyrano struggles to handle the arrogant and clumsy young king, he begins writing a bold play for the troupe. Molière, bursting with ideas, transforms the work with wit and heart, awakening his genius for comedy and deepening his secret feelings for Madeleine, while young Louis discovers the joy of theater and the power of friendship. In Paris, intrigue is brewing – can the young king return in time and embrace his true royal destiny?
| international title: | Molière, Cyrano and the Young King |
| original title: | Les Caprices de l'Enfant-Roi |
| country: | France |
| year: | 2026 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Michel Leclerc |
| film run: | 114' |
| release date: | FR 24/06/2026 |
| screenplay: | Michel Leclerc, Baya Kasmi, Alexandre Castagnetti |
| cast: | Artus, Julia Piaton, Nemo Schiffman, Niels Hamel-Brochen, Franck Dubosc, Doria Tillier, Suzanne De Baecque |
| cinematography by: | Alexis Kavyrchine |
| film editing: | Sophie Reine |
| art director: | Pascale Consigny |
| music: | Pierre Legay |
| producer: | Isabelle Grellat, Guillaume Renouil |
| production: | Mandarin & Compagnie (Mandarin Productions Cinéma & Télévision), Elephant Story, Le Pacte |
| distributor: | Le Pacte |















