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The Black Book

The story of the adventures, in the twilight of the eighteenth century, of a singular couple formed by a little orphan with mysterious origins and his young Italian nurse of a similarly uncertain birth. They lead us in their wake, from Rome to Paris, from Lisbon to London, from Parma to Venice. Always followed in the shadows, for obscure reasons, by a suspicious-looking Calabrian and a troubling cardinal, they make us explore the dark intrigues of the Vatican, the pangs of a fatal passion, a gruesome duel, banter at the court of Versailles and the convulsions of the French Revolution.

Top Cast

  • Jenna Thiam

    Jenna Thiam

    Suzanne Monfort

  • Lou de Laâge

    Lou de Laâge

    Laura / Lelia

  • Niels Schneider

    Niels Schneider

    Marquis Lusault

  • Victoria Guerra

    Victoria Guerra

    Marie Antoinette

  • Stanislas Merhar

    Stanislas Merhar

    Rufo / Jeune Rufo

  • Joana Ribeiro

    Joana Ribeiro

    Charlotte Corday

  • Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet

    Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet

    Bonaparte

  • Catarina Wallenstein

    Catarina Wallenstein

    Concettina

  • Miguel Monteiro

    Miguel Monteiro

    Concierge

Overview

The story of the adventures, in the twilight of the eighteenth century, of a singular couple formed by a little orphan with mysterious origins and his young Italian nurse of a similarly uncertain birth. They lead us in their wake, from Rome to Paris, from Lisbon to London, from Parma to Venice. Always followed in the shadows, for obscure reasons, by a suspicious-looking Calabrian and a troubling cardinal, they make us explore the dark intrigues of the Vatican, the pangs of a fatal passion, a gruesome duel, banter at the court of Versailles and the convulsions of the French Revolution.

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