An irascible and despicable old man, Harpagon has allowed himself to be consumed by greed to such an extent that avarice governs all his relationships: he is a tyrant, a selfish, unscrupulous paranoiac, ready to sell his daughter and rob his son to protect his fortune. As for his supposed Attracted to Mariane, she will not resist his fascination with gold…
A comedy of manners inspired by the play The Pot of Gold (Plautus, 3rd century BC), The Miser portrays the power of money, capable of devouring a man as well as destroying family and social bonds.
