A look at 18th-century France, when the depravity of the authorities contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.
             
                        
            
                                
                                
                                
                    Cast: Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Marina Vlady, Christine Pascal, Alfred Adam, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Gérard Desarthe, Michel Beaune, Monique Chaumette