The Imaginary Invalid

Мнимый больной

Written when Molière was in a weakened state, his last play is nonetheless one of his most brilliant comedies - as if he had gathered all the resources of his genius to reach the summit of his art. A timeless classic!

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Actors

Argan, a severe hypochondriac

Guillaume Gallienne

Mr. Diafoirus / Mr. Purgon

Denis Podalydès

Béline

Coraly Zahonero

Angélique

Claire de la Rue du Can

Béralde

Alain Lenglet

Cléante

Yoann Gasiorowski

Mr. Fleurant / Mr. de Bonnefoi / Thomas Diafoirus

Clément Bresson

Toinette

Julie Sicard

Crew

Director

Claude Stratz

Set and costume designer

Ezio Toffolutti

Lighting Designer

Jean-Philippe Roy

Composer

Marc-Olivier Dupin

About

Argan, a cantankerous hypochondriac obsessed by his ailments, is surrounded by a court of corrupt and ignorant doctors who take advantage of him. A tyrannical father, he is set on marrying his daughter Angélique to the nephew of Monsieur Purgon, his faithful personal physician. However, she is in love with the young Cléante and resists his wishes, even if it means being sent to a convent. The odious stepmother Béline further fuels the conflict. It takes the tenacity and wiles of the maid Toinette for the masks to fall.