Le Légataire universel - Jean-Paul Roussillon

TV mini series

French TV movie.

A farmer's son falls in love with a young peasant girl despised by the people of the village where she lives.

A young miller takes under her protection an orphan brought up by an old woman.

The leader of a youth movement is suspected of the murder of his best friend and supporter. A television broadcast intended to help find witnesses reveals the organisation's troubled interior life as well as a far more personal tragedy.

Based on the novel by George Sand.

Part 1: In May 1789, in Versailles, a game tug of war takes place between conservative and more progressive bigwigs. Part 2: As the people of Paris revolt, King Louis XVI finds it increasingly difficult to get the situation under control.