Overview

A fiercely active Communard, Louise Michel is condemned for taking arms against Bismarck. Along with thousands of other revolutionaries, she is deported to New Caledonia, whilst, back in Paris, a young parliamentarian Georges Clemenceau campaigns for a truce with the Communards. During her exile, Louise Michel becomes a teacher and wins the admiration of the other deportees, inspiring them to rise up against the colonial order…

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Cast

Sylvie Testud

Louise Michel

Nathalie Boutefeu

Nathalie Lemel

Alexandre Steiger

Charles Malato

Bernard Blancan

Henri Rochefort

Pierre Deladonchamps

Henri Bauer