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1788 (1978)

1788 (1978)

Drama History
Release Date: 1978, March 23
Directors: Maurice Failevic
Countries: France
Cast: Jacques Mathou, Gérard Desarthe, Jean-Pierre Bagot, Richard Fontana, Gaëtan Jor, René Camoin, Aline Bertrand, Jean-Louis Le Goff, Jean Puyberneau, Georges Goubert, Micheline Muc, Jean Soustre

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?