Directed by Philippe de Broca, the film recounts a bloody episode of the French Revolution. 1793, the Terror . In Vendée and in Bretagne, the chouans are revolting against the young Republic and fight for the monarchy restauration. The civil war divides also the family of the Count Savinien de Kerfadec, a liberal and generous noble and a flying machines inventor.
Philippe Noiret
as Savinien de Kerfadec
Lambert Wilson
as Tarquin
Roger Dumas
as Bouchard
Sophie Marceau
as Céline
Stéphane Freiss
as Aurèle
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as Baron de Tiffauges
Charlotte de Turckheim
as Olympe de Saint-Gildas
Michael Gempart
as Le Général
Vincent de Boüard
as Yvon