A look at 18th-century France, when the depravity of the authorities contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.
- Director
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Writers
- Jean Aurenche, Bertrand Tavernier
Themesamputationcannibaldeportationincestpriest
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
