Les Nuits Révolutionnaires: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The eighteenth-century French writer Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne recorded history, but so embroidered with his own imagination that the distinction between fact and fiction is often blurred. He was nicknamed 'The Owl', because it was his custom to walk the streets of Paris at night. Les Nuits Révolutionnaires (based on Les Nuits de Paris) spans the period 1789 - 1793 and, rather than giving a factual account of those years, Restif's writing brings to life the nocturnal world of the troubled city, as he observed it during the hours of darkness. He conjures up the other characters who also haunted the shadows - amongst them The Procuress, The Blind Man and The Lamplighter. Les Nuits Révolutionnaires immerses the viewer in Restif's strange existence, away from the loud mobs, in the troubled backwaters of the Revolution. To this turbulent arena is added the drama of his own life and the inspired wit of his fantasies. Les Nuits Révolutionnaires begins a few nights before the fall of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 and covers the King's execution and the start of the Reign of Terror, ending in June 1793, but the events of the Revolution form only a background to a dramatisation of Restif's fantastic stories.

Series details

• Title: Les Nuits Révolutionnaires
• Format: Scripted
• Language: French
• Genres: Drama, Action
• Premiere date: 1989-10-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 1989-12-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: France 3
• Network country: France
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 24254
• IMDb ID: tt0257976
• TVDB ID: 321453

Cast and credited roles

• Michel Aumont — Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne
• Isabelle Gélinas — Agnès/Julie
• Sophie Bouilloux — Marion/Sophie

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1989-10-05; final listed air date 1989-12-30; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

Adapted from Les Nuits Révolutionnaires on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.