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