Civil Wars in France

The story

Three episodes from the history of socialism: Babeuf, whose virulent discourse is a radical assessment of the bourgeois revolution of 1789 (Vincent Nordon episode); the legend of Napoleon I, or the formation of the state as it still dominates today (François Barat episode); and the carnage of the Paris Commune, which official history strives to repress and forget (Joël Farges episode). What does it mean to make a historical film today? It means illuminating the present in the light of the past, and therefore adopting the new modes of modern storytelling to challenge what dominates us, structures us, and oppresses us.

Cast

S Sami FreyBabeuf (segment "Babeuf") B Brigitte FosseyAndrée Léo (segment "La semaine sanglante") J Julie Delpy(segment "La semaine sanglante") R Rosine CadoretInnkeeper (segment "Premier empire") D Didier BezaceActor (segment "Premier empire") M Marc de JongeAllied commissioner (segment "Premier empire") P Philippe CollinNapoléon (segment "Premier empire") G Georges AzenstarckPhotographer (segment "La semaine sanglante") A Anne WiazemskyElisabeth Dimitrieff (segment "La semaine sanglante") P Pierre VialThiers (segment "La semaine sanglante") A Albert Delpy(segment "La semaine sanglante") C Catherine Jourdan(segment "Premier empire") (voice)

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J Jean LescotSecretary of Thiers (segment "La semaine sanglante") G Gérard BoucaronUndertaker (segment "La semaine sanglante") D Didier HaudepinEngineer of the three barricades (segment "La semaine sanglante") N Nicole HissYoung woman (segment "Premier empire") M Martine BertrandPeasant woman (segment "Premier empire") G Gilles RaabAllied commissioner (segment "Premier empire") R RomainSoldier (segment "Premier empire") C Colette FellousPauline Bonaparte (segment "Premier empire") J Jean-Loup RivièreBartender (segment "Premier empire") A Alain MacéActor (segment "Premier empire") A André ValverdeAllied commissioner (segment "Premier empire") P Philippe Blon(segment "La semaine sanglante") P Pierre CharrasZouave (segment "La semaine sanglante") T Thierry Farges(segment "La semaine sanglante") S Suzel GoffreVersailles woman (segment "La semaine sanglante") R Roséliane Goldstein(segment "La semaine sanglante") A Arthur HaasHarpsichordist (segment "La semaine sanglante") L Lisbeth HeulleVersailles woman (segment "La semaine sanglante") C Claude Hébert(segment "La semaine sanglante") G Gilles KatzMillières (segment "La semaine sanglante") V Valère NovarinaSecretary of Thiers (segment "La semaine sanglante") J Jacques Pater(segment "La semaine sanglante") M Marie Pillet(segment "La semaine sanglante") O Odile PoissonVersailles woman (segment "La semaine sanglante") A Anna PrucnalPolish federate (segment "La semaine sanglante") S Sarah Sterling(segment "La semaine sanglante") N Nada StrancarLouise Michel (segment "La semaine sanglante") M Michèle Veinard(segment "La semaine sanglante")