A look at 18th-century France, when the depravity of the authorities contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier
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Cast
Philippe Noiret
Philip of Orléans
Jean Rochefort
Abbot Dubois
Jean-Pierre Marielle
The Marquis de Pontcallec
Marina Vlady
The Marchioness of Parabère
Christine Pascal
Emilie
Alfred Adam
François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroy
Jean-Roger Caussimon
The Cardinal
Gérard Desarthe
The Duke of Bourbon
Michel Beaune
Captain La Griolais
Monique Chaumette
Yvonne, governess of Pontcallec
François Dyrek
Montlouis
Jean-Paul Farré
Father Burdo
Nicole Garcia
'La Fillon'
Raymond Girard
Chirac
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