Jacquou le Croquant (miniseries)
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| Jacquou le Croquant | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Historical Drama |
| Based on | 1899 novel by Eugène Le Roy |
| Written by | Stellio Lorenzi and |
| Directed by | Stellio Lorenzi |
| Country of origin | France |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 570 minutes (9h30min) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ORTF |
| Original release | October 4 – November 8, 1969 |
Jacquou le Croquant is a 1969 French miniseries in 6 episodes: five 90-minute episodes and one 120-minute episode. The series was directed by Stellio Lorenzi and aired from October 4, 1969 to November 8, 1969 on Office de radiodiffusion télévision française channel 1.
Plot[]
1819: Jacquou Féral is an 8-year-old boy in the Périgord region of France. His father, Martin Féral, also called Martissou, is a tenant farmer for the Count of , who lives in Château de l'Herm and exploits peasants under contract to him. Nansac's steward, Laborie, doubles the Féral family's dues on a whim, and when his wife, Marie, successfully negotiates back to the original dues, Laborie then accuses Martin of illegally owning a hunting dog. Laborie kills the dog, his bullet ricocheting and injuring Marie, at which Martin, furious, kills Laborie. Aware of the potential consequences, Martin escapes into the nearby forest, leaving his family at the farm.
Nansac eventually has Martin Féral sent to prison, where he dies. Meanwhile, he evicts Marie and Jacquou, and seizes their sheep and remaining wheat, effectively condemning them to poverty and itinerancy. In time, Marie dies of hunger and sorrow. Jacquou, now an orphan, is taken in by the parish priest Bonnal, who gives the young man an education. As an adult, Jacquou continues fighting the injustice brought on his family, and dreams of avenging them. As increasing numbers of peasants are no longer able to survive the harsh rule of landowners, Jacquou leads a peasant rebellion against Nansac. His desire for revenge is transformed into a fight for justice, in which he proves that a simple "croquant", which means "yokel", is the equal of lords and ladies.
Cast[]
- : Jacquou Féral, child
- : Jacquou, adult
- Claude Cerval: Count of Nansac
- : Marie Féral
- Fred Ulysse: Martin Féral
- Elisabeth Wiener: Galiote de Nansac
- : Lina
- : Bertille
- : Galibert
- Henri Nassiet: Bonnal parish priest
- Noël Roquevert: La Ramée
- : Cassius
- : La Mathive
- : Jean
- : Geral
- : Fantille
- : Lawyer Fontgrave
- : Don Engelbert
- : Villar parish priest
- : Guilhem
- : Laborie
- : Mascret
- Edmond Ardisson: Antoine
- : President
- Charles Blavette: Jansou
- : Jeannette Mion
- : Pierre Mion
- Jeanne Hardeyn: La Mion
- : Marc
- : Joseph
- : Madeleine
- : Le Garde
- Séverine : Hermine
- : son of Nansac
- : Lina, child
- : Brigadier
- : Prosecutor
- Léonce Corne: Bars parish priest
- : Secretary
- : Gendarme
- : Clerk
- : Jesuit
- : Judge
- : Court clerk
- : Executioner
- : Bailiff
- : Young man
Production[]
- Title: Jacquou le Croquant
- Director: Stellio Lorenzi
- Written by: Stellio Lorenzi et , based on Eugène Le Roy's novel
- Music composed by: Georges Delerue
- Photography: Roger Dormoy et
- Editing: et
- Sets:
- Costumes:
- Sound:
List of episodes[]
- Les Métayers des Nansac
- La Nuit de la Chandeleur
- La Tuilière
- Le Curé Bonnal
- La Révolte de Fanlac
- 1830
Novel[]
Eugène Le Roy's novel of the same name was published in 1899, itself based on true events of 19th-century peasant revolts in Southwest France. The story occurs in 1815 in the Périgord region.
Videography[]
zone 2 : Jacquou le Croquant, May 15, 2002, ASIN B00006471B- zone 2 : Jacquou le croquant, TF1 Vidéo, 2002, 3 DVDs, EAN 3-384442-021654.
External links[]
- 1960s French television miniseries
- Television series set in the 1810s
- 1969 French television series debuts
- 1960s French television series