1788 (1978)
The story of a small village in Touraine between 1788 and 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution, with its lord, its wealthy peasants, and its poor. The wealthy peasants, expelled from the communal pastures by the count, take him to court. Guillaume Coquard joins the other villagers in drafting the cahiers de doléances (lists of grievances). On the eve of the convocation of the Estates General, the village loses its lawsuit. On the night of August 4, 1789, the deputies vote to abolish privileges. The peasants will be able to buy them back. But the poorest wonder: with what?
- Date of release
- 1978-03-23
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (2)
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Director
- Maurice Failevic
Casting
- Georges Goubert — Joseph Coquard
- Richard Fontana — Guillaume Coquard
- René Camoin — Le comte
- Aline Bertrand — Clémence Coquard
- Jacques Mathou — Renaud Martin
- Micheline Muc — Rosine Martin
- Jean Puyberneau — Le juge
- Gaëtan Jor — Le curé
- Jean-Louis Le Goff — Maître Tessier
- Jean-Pierre Bagot — Nicolas Martineau
- Jean Soustre — Antoine Pages
- Gérard Desarthe — Le colporteur
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