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?
as Joseph Coquard
as Guillaume Coquard
as Le comte
as Clémence Coquard
as Renaud Martin
as Rosine Martin
as Le juge
as Le curé
as Maître Tessier
as Nicolas Martineau
as Antoine Pages
as Le colporteur
as René Lenfant
