La Commune (Paris, 1871)
We are in the year 1871. A journalist for Versailles Television broadcasts a soothing and official view of events while a Commune television is set up to provide the perspectives of the Paris rebels. On a stage-like set, more than 200 actors interpret characters of the Commune, especially the Popincourt neighborhood in the XIth arrondissement. They voice their thoughts and feelings concerning the social and political reforms.
Critics Sentiment
Actors enter trance-like fury singing revolutionary songs while awaiting battle
Versailles government brutally puts down the Commune uprising
The film reaches its emotional peak with actors in revolutionary fury before plummeting as the brutal government suppression begins
The film builds steadily from its experimental opening through the establishment of the Commune, reaching transcendent heights when actors break character and connect past to present. The revolutionary fervor peaks dramatically before the harsh historical reality of the Commune's violent end brings the sentiment down, though reviewers consistently praise Watkins' innovative approach throughout.
Full cast
Showing 20 of 45Eliane Annie Adalto
Laundress
Pierre Barbieux
Child in Cour Popincourt
Bernard Bombeau
Baker
Maylis Bouffartigue
Marie-Louise Théron
Geneviève Capy
Doctor's wife
Anne Carlier
Laundress
Véronique Couzon
Marie-Louise Beauger
Piotr Daskiewicz
Polish Officer
Nicole Defer
Owner of dressmaking workshop & laundry
Patrick Dell'Isola
Emile Léonard Morterol
Jürgen Ellinghaus
Versailles Army Officer
Caroline Esnard-Benoit
Baker's wife
Gérard Watkins
Gérard Bourlet
Aurélia Petit
Blanche Capellier
Roland Fontaine
Child in Cour Popincourt
Przermyslaw Galkiewicz
Polish Officer
Jean-Michel Gallois
Concièrge
Joachim Gatti
Joachim Rivière
Jean Giacinti
Adolphe Thiers
Virginie Guibbaud
Léontine Rombert
Crew
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