1788

Release Date: 1978-03-23

Overview: 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?

Rating: 5 / 10

Cast

Georges Goubert

as Joseph Coquard

Richard Fontana

as Guillaume Coquard

René Camoin

as Le comte

Aline Bertrand

as Clémence Coquard

Jacques Mathou

as Renaud Martin