Let Joy Reign Supreme

A look at 18th-century France, when the depravity of the authorities contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.

Cast

Philippe Noiret

as Philip of Orléans

Jean Rochefort

as Abbot Dubois

Jean-Pierre Marielle

as The Marquis de Pontcallec

Marina Vlady

as The Marchioness of Parabère

Christine Pascal

as Emilie

Alfred Adam

as François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroy

Jean-Roger Caussimon

as The Cardinal

Gérard Desarthe

as The Duke of Bourbon

Michel Beaune

as Captain La Griolais

Monique Chaumette

as Yvonne, governess of Pontcallec

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