1788

1788 (1978)

HistoryDrama

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?

Director: Maurice Failevic

Casts

	Georges Goubert as Joseph Coquard
	Richard Fontana as Guillaume Coquard
	René Camoin as Le comte
	Aline Bertrand as Clémence Coquard
	Jacques Mathou as Renaud Martin
	Micheline Muc as Rosine Martin
	Jean Puyberneau as Le juge
	Gaëtan Jor as Le curé
	Jean-Louis Le Goff as Maître Tessier
	Jean-Pierre Bagot as Nicolas Martineau
	Jean Soustre as Antoine Pages
	Gérard Desarthe as Le colporteur
	Yvon Sarray as René Lenfant

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