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Les Nuits révolutionnaires

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How it feels

Set during the French Revolution, the series follows the night-time wanderings of a writer through the streets of Paris. He observes and documents the lives of ordinary people, the political upheaval, and the changing social order around him.

atmosphericslow-burnhistoricalmelancholicvisually lushexplorativeintimateepisodiccontemplative

What happens

Les Nuits révolutionnaires est une mini-série française en sept épisodes d'une heure, créée par Charles Brabant d'après le roman Les Nuits de Paris de Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne. Cette coproduction des chaînes FR3 et La Sept et de Philippe Dussart est diffusée à partir de juin 1989, dans le cadre du bicentenaire de la Révolution française. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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