1788
1978, French. Directed by Maurice Failevic.
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?
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- French
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Cast & crew
- Maurice FailevicDirector
- Georges GoubertJoseph Coquard
- Richard FontanaGuillaume Coquard
- René CamoinLe comte
- Aline BertrandClémence Coquard
- Jacques MathouRenaud Martin
- Micheline MucRosine Martin
- Jean PuyberneauLe juge
- Gaëtan JorLe curé
- Jean-Louis Le GoffMaître Tessier
- Jean-Pierre BagotNicolas Martineau
- Jean SoustreAntoine Pages
- Gérard DesartheLe colporteur
Details
- Released
- 23 March 1978
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Jean-Dominique de la Rochefoucauld
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1788 (1978) was directed by Maurice Failevic and stars Georges Goubert, Richard Fontana, René Camoin.