''La Révolution'' is a 2020 French-language

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series produced by Netflix starring

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, Julien Sarazin and Ian Turiak. In January 2021, the series was canceled after one season.

Premise

1787. Amid the decadence of the ''Ancien Régime'', Joseph Ignace Guillotin is responsible for investigating mysterious murders. He then discovers the existence of "blue blood". This unknown virus spreads within the aristocracy. The virus has devastating effects: the infected nobles attack the " little people", upsetting the social order. The revolt spreads and is the prelude to the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...

Cast

* – Joseph Ignace Guillotin * – Élise de Montargis *

– Oka * Amélia Lacquemant – Madeleine * – Albert Guillotin * – Donatien de Montargis * – Ophélie * Isabel Aimé González-Sola – Katell *

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– Charles de Montargis * Dimitri Storoge – Edmond de Pérouse *

Gaia Weiss Gaia Weiss (born 30 August 1991) is a French model and actress. Her filmography includes ''Mary Queen of Scots'' (2013), ''Vikings'' (2014–2015), ''Meander'' (2020), '' La Révolution'' (2020), and '' Shepherd'' (2021). Early life Weiss was b ...

– Marianne *

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–

Louis XVI Louis XVI (''Louis-Auguste''; ; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was referred to as ''Citizen Louis Capet'' during the four months just before he was ...

* Geoffrey Carlassare – Donatien's disciple

Episodes

Release

''La Révolution'' was released on 16 October 2020 on Netflix.

Production

Filming

Filming took place in

Vexin Vexin () is an historical county of northwestern France. It covers a verdant plateau on the right bank (north) of the Seine running roughly east to west between Pontoise and Romilly-sur-Andelle (about 20 km from Rouen), and north to south ...

Val-d'Oise Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.

and

Rambouillet Rambouillet (, , ) is a subprefecture of the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region of France. It is located beyond the outskirts of Paris, southwest of its centre. In 2018, the commune had a population of 26,933. Rambouillet lies ...

Yvelines Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.Barneville-Carteret Barneville-Carteret () is a commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region of north-western France. For many years it has been a popular seaside resort destination. The commune resulted from a merger of two communes in 1964: Barnevill ...

in Manche, in September 2019..

References

External links

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