Moliere rushes between the crucifixion and the throne ... Without the patron he can not survive. But is it worth to seek the protection of a tyrant?

The great French playwright is at a loss. How should he act?

The brilliant Louis XIV, the sun king, likes to laugh and demands from him new comedies. His lavish court needs new entertainment.

But the all-powerful Archbishop, head of the Catholic Church, pursues a playwright who boldly exposed self-interest and hypocrisy in his plays.

Molière throws his bitter words into his face: "Stop calling me son! I'm not the son of the devil! "

The playwright is terrified of the intrigues and slander of insidious opponents, envious of his talent.

They will go to the end! Even rasspustyat dirty rumors that the second wife of Moliere, a young actress, allegedly is his daughter.

Exhausted by the betrayal of friends and the betrayal of women, Molière dies.

In the "Kabbalah pious" Mikhail Bulgakov spoke of the writer's despair, forced to take into account the opinions of people with a shallow soul and an evil heart. And with such passion, as if talking about himself.