1789 : Les Amants de la Bastille

Sep 18, 2014

2h 9m

★ 7.8

Overview

In the spring of 1789, France is devastated by famine. The French people begin to rise in unrest against the ruling French king Louis XVI. Ronan, a young peasant, leads a revolt marching to Paris, where he encounters Olympe, an assistant governess of the children of Marie Antoinette of Austria. The two fall in love during the tumultuous stirrings of the French Revolution, their romance playing out amid encounters with major Revolutionary figures such as Georges Jacques Danton, Maximilien de Robespierre and Camille Desmoulins. After they are separated, Ronan and Olympe find each other again on 14 July 1789 in the course of the assault on the Bastille prison— an encounter that seals their destiny even as a new era begins.

Genres

Romance

Music

History

Production Companies

NTCA Productions

9ers Entertainment

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Ronan Mazurier

Louis Delort

Olympe du Puget

Camille Lou

Camille Desmoulins

Rod Janois

Marie-Antoinette

Roxane Le Texier

Maximilien Robespierre

Sébastien Agius

Auguste Ramard

Yamin Dib

Georges Jacques Danton

David Bàn

A beautiful love story that bloomed in Paris and scattered in the Bastille. France at the end of the 18th century, where the populace struggled with poverty and the aristocracy drowned in luxury. After his father was murdered by an aristocrat, Ronan, a farmer, fled to Paris and joined the revolutionaries. He gains passionate friends such as Robespierre, Danton, and Desmoulins, and burns hope for a new era. (Toho 2018)

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