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