Vauban

In France, King Louis XIV, better known as the Sun King (le Roi-Soleil), made of his kingdom the leading European power during the 17th century. An original portrait of Louis XIV's engineer, Vauban, a man who after serving his sovereign zealously, questions the idea of absolutism and the economic misery of the kingdom.

Cast

Aurélie Youlia

as Jeanne de Vauban

Frédéric Bocquet

as Fontenelle

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