A look at 18th-century France, when the depravity of the authorities contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.

Philippe Noiretas Philip of Orléans
Jean Rochefortas Abbot Dubois
Jean-Pierre Marielleas The Marquis de Pontcallec
Marina Vladyas The Marchioness of Parabère
Christine Pascalas Emilie
Alfred Adamas François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroy
Jean-Roger Caussimonas The Cardinal
Gérard Desartheas The Duke of Bourbon
Michel Beauneas Captain La Griolais
Monique Chaumetteas Yvonne, governess of Pontcallec
Pierre-William Glenn