'' Chouans!'' is a 1988 French historical

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directed by Philippe de Broca and starring

Sophie Marceau Sophie Marceau (; born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu, 17 November 1966) is a French actress. As a teenager, she achieved popularity with her debut films ''La Boum'' (1980) and ''La Boum 2'' (1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Act ...

, Philippe Noiret, and Lambert Wilson. Based on the 1829 novel '' Les Chouans'' by Honoré de Balzac, the film is about a woman who must choose between two brothers on opposite sides of the French Civil War of 1793. For her performance in the film, Sophie Marceau received the Cabourg Romantic Film Festival Award for Best Actress.

Plot

In 1793, during the French Revolution, a young woman named Céline (

), who was adopted by Count Savinien de Kerfadec, must choose between two men who have been raised like her brothers, Tarquin Larmor ( Lambert Wilson) and Aurèle de Kerfadec ( Stéphane Freiss), while they take opposite sides in the conflict. Tarquin, also adopted by the Count, is a partisan of the First French Republic and defends the new political system; Aurèle, the Count's natural son, supports Royalism. Both sons are in love with Céline. After the French Revolutionary Army decimates the Breton people, an insurgency of peasants, clergy, and aristocrats launches a

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war called the Chouannerie.

Cast

* Philippe Noiret as Savinien de Kerfadec *

as Céline * Lambert Wilson as Tarquin Larmor * Stéphane Freiss as Aurèle de Kerfadec * Charlotte de Turckheim as Olympe de Saint-Gildas * Jean-Pierre Cassel as Baron de Tiffauges * Roger Dumas as Bouchard * Raoul Billerey as Grospierre * Jacqueline Doyen as Adélaïde, l'Abbesse Marie de l'Assomption * Vincent Schmitt as Lote * Claudine Delvaux as Jeanne * Jean Parédès as le Chapelain * Isabelle Gélinas as Viviane * Vincent de Bouard as Yvon * Maxime Leroux as Le Prêtre réfractaire * Luc-Antoine Diquéro as Le Sergent Pierrot * Claude Aufaure as Croque-au-sel * Michel Degand as Le Prêtre jureur

Production

Filming locations

* Baden, Morbihan, France * Belle Île, Morbihan, France *

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, France * Fort-la-Latte, Côtes-d'Armor, France * Locronan, Finistère, France * Meucon, Morbihan, France * Poul-Fétan, Quistinic, Morbihan, France * Sarzeau, Morbihan, France * Île d'Hoedic, Morbihan, France

Awards and nominations

* 1988 Cabourg Romantic Film Festival Award for Best Actress (Sophie Marceau) Won * 1989 César Award for Most Promising Actor (Stéphane Freiss) Won * 1989 César Award Nomination for Best Costume Design (Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle)

References

External links

* * {{Philippe de Broca 1988 films Films set in 1793 Films based on works by Honoré de Balzac Films directed by Philippe de Broca 1980s French-language films French Revolution films Films scored by Georges Delerue 1980s historical films French historical films 1980s French films