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Chouans! is a 1988 French historical adventure film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Sophie Marceau, 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.
Chouan ("the silent one", or "owl") is a French nickname. It was used as a nom de guerre by the Chouan brothers, most notably Jean Cottereau, better known as Jean Chouan, who led a major revolt in Bas-Maine against the French Revolution.
Mar 23, 1988 · Chouans!: Directed by Philippe de Broca. With Philippe Noiret, Vincent Schmitt, Raoul Billerey, Claudine Delvaux. In 1793 when terror is widespread in France, peasants known as Chouans fight the revolutionaries in attempt to restore the monarchy.
Mar 22, 2016 · Résumé : C'est dans son château breton, au dix-huitième siècle, que le comte de Kerfadec, inventeur loufoque, rêve de voler... Sa femme est morte voilà bien longtemps en donnant naissance ...
Les Chouans étaient des insurgés royalistes de Bretagne, du Maine, de Basse-Normandie et du nord de l'Anjou pendant les guerres de la chouannerie. Actifs au nord de la Loire, les chouans sont distincts des « Vendéens », actifs quant à eux au sud du fleuve, dans le Bas-Poitou, le sud de l'Anjou et le Pays de Retz breton.
Learn More. Chouan, member of any of the bands of peasants, chiefly smugglers and dealers in contraband salt, who revolted alongside the Vendéan royalists in the west of France in 1793. The Breton word chouan, meaning “screech owl,” is supposed to have been applied originally as a nickname to Jean Cottereau.
Sep 16, 2020 · Film - Film d'aventures réalisé par Philippe de Broca. Avec Philippe Noiret (Savinien de Kerfadec), Sophie Marceau (Céline), Lambert Wilson (Tarquin), Stéphane Freiss (Aurèle), Jean-Pierre Cassel (le baron de Tiffauges), Charlotte de Turckheim (la marquise), Raoul Billerey (Grospierre), Isabelle Gelinas (Viviane).
