A Woman and The Revolution

Season 1

2013 · 2 episodes · 3h 20m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Episode 1

   21 Dec 2013 · 100 min

   Those in the scene 1789. Manon, a young Vendee peasant girl, is treated cruelly by her family's tyrannical master. Convinced that society will never change, she flees to Paris, where she falls for Benjamin, a third state deputy. As the people revolt against the established order, she no longer knows what to think...

2. 2

   2. Episode 2

   21 Dec 2013 · 100 min

   The noise and the fury 1793. Manon, now a full-fledged citizen, takes an active part in political events. She frequents the tenors of the Revolution and deeply admires Robespierre. But famine, still ever-present, continues to fan the flames of violence. When the guillotine runs amok and the Terror begins, Manon rejects her idol...