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

Marina Vlady
The Marchioness of Parabère

Christine Pascal
Emilie

Alfred Adam
François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroy

Jean-Roger Caussimon
The Cardinal

Gérard Desarthe
The Duke of Bourbon