Main Cast: Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Christine Pascal, Marina Vlady
Release Year: 1975
Country: FR
Run Time: 119 minutes
Plot
The humanistic actions of Philippe D'Orleans, the cultured gentle regent to young Louis the XV in pre-revolutionary France (1719) are chronicled in this French costumer. Though the regent endeavors to keep his subjects cultured and happy to stop the peasants from rising up, he knows he has no real royal authority. To assist, D'Orleans enlisted the aid of a priest, who unfortunately cared nothing for his God, nor anyone but himself. The regent becomes distraught after his daughter, with whom he has been accused of committing incest, dies. His natural idealism is also shaken when he must execute a band of revolutionaries. True joy will only be found when the peasants successfully overthrow the aristocrats who held them down so long. The film's soundtrack features the music of the real Phillippe D'Orleans. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Gerard Desarthe - Duc De Bourbon; Alfred Adam - Villeroy; Roland Amstutz; Gilbert Bahon; Michel Blanc; Jean-Roger Caussimon - Cardinal; Monique Chaumette; Francois Dyrek; Jean-Paul Farré; Pierre Forget; Jacques Hilling; Maurice Jacquemont; Bernard Lajarrige; Bernadette Lesache; Yvon Lec; Pierre Moncorbier; Colette Proust; Jean Rougerie; Hélène Vincent; Christian Clavier - Pickpocket; Nicole Garcia - La Fillon; Gérard Jugnot - Footman (uncredited); Thierry Lhermitte - Count of Horn; Brigitte Roüan; Andrée Tainsy; Liza Braconnier; Michel Beaune; Stephane Bouy - Noce; Jean Amos; Eric Lorvoire; Jean-Luc Moreau; Patrick Raynal; Michel Berto; Yves Elliot; Bruno Balp; Daniel Duval; Jacqueline Parent - Severine
Credit
Yves Robert - Associate Producer, Jacqueline Moreau - Costume Designer, Laurent Heynemann - First Assistant Director, Bertrand Tavernier - Director, Armand Psenny - Editor, Antoine Duhamel - Composer (Music Score), Thi Loan N'Guyen - Makeup, Pierre Guffroy - Production Designer, Pierre-Wiliam Glenn - Cinematographer, Michelle de Broca - Producer, Michel Desrois - Sound/Sound Designer, Jean Aurenche - Screenwriter, Bertrand Tavernier - Screenwriter
