Bicycling with Moliere

A warm, funny, literate comedy in which two French actors portray two French actors, friends at odds with one another in every possible way, except their love of Moli√®re’s The Misanthrope. Lambert Wilson plays Gauthier, tall, handsome, and the beneficiary of a leading role in a ridiculous soap opera as a beloved cosmetic surgeon who “saves lives.” Fabrice Luchin as Serge has met with much less success, becoming a middle-aged curmudgeon who has renounced the stage to live on the glorious √Æle de R√©, off France’s Atlantic coast. Gauthier arrives on Serge’s turf to try to convince his pal (Luchini, in real life, a Moli√®re expert) to return to Paris to play opposite him in a new production. When not arguing or rehearsing scenes while biking, they consider their options as personified by a local porn actress and an attractive Italian divorc√©e, as well as the lure of island real estate.