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(English title Let Joy Reign Supreme) is a 1975 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and starring Philippe Noiret. It is a historical drama set during the 18th century French Régence centring on the Breton Pontcallec Conspiracy.
Mar 26, 1975 · Let Joy Reign Supreme: Directed by Bertrand Tavernier. With Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Christine Pascal. A look at 18th-century France, when the authorities depravity contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.
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- Drama, History, War
- Bertrand Tavernier
- 1975-03-26
Bertrand Tavernier's LET JOY REIGN SUPREME is an extraordinarily detailed and character-dense look at French monarchy, diplomacy and debauchery on the threshold of bloody insurrection.
A decadent and ineffectual ruler, Philippe presides over a court rocked by political intrigue and social upheavals that in many ways laid the foundation for the explosion of the French Revolution. Directed by Bertrand Tavernier • 1975 • France Starring Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle The ironically titled second ...
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- Bertrand Tavernier
His right-hand man, Dubois, an atheistic and cupid priest, as libertine as Philippe, tries to take advantage of a little rebellion lead by a Breton squire (Pontallec) and of the famine to become archbishop...
Don't expect a spectacular movie with great action and bloody violence (like Gladiator or Brave Heart). The pleasure with this movie is somewhere else: dialogs (brilliant), description of cynicism of the nobility and the actors performances (Jean Rochefort, playing L'Abbé Dubois, stoled the show).
