Movie

1788

1978★ 7.5 · 2HistoryDrama

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?

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Cast

Gérard Desarthe
as Le colporteur

Richard Fontana
as Guillaume Coquard

Jacques Mathou
as Renaud Martin

Gaëtan Jor
as Le curé

Jean-Pierre Bagot
as Nicolas Martineau

René Camoin
as Le comte

Aline Bertrand
as Clémence Coquard

Jean-Louis Le Goff
as Maître Tessier

Yvon Sarray
as René Lenfant

Micheline Muc
as Rosine Martin

Jean Puyberneau
as Le juge

Georges Goubert
as Joseph Coquard