• 2018
  • 3h 20m
Victor Hugo - Enemy of the State

Summary 1848, Paris under Siege: Victor Hugo is torn between his family, his mistresses and political turmoil - never mind finally completing his classic novel Les Miserables. Although Hugo is a confirmed Royalist, he supports the Republic and Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, who is soon to become president, convinced that he will initiate social reforms. But when the new government is formed and Hugo is overlooked for office, he realizes that he has been used. Furious at the deception, he and his sons launch a daily newspaper to give the people a voice. Nor is it less chaotic on the home front, as he is juggling his love life between two mistresses and his long-suffering wife and mother of his children. When Napoléon seizes power and his sons are jailed for insurrection, Hugo insists that his wife and daughter leave Paris, where he remains, devoting himself wholeheartedly to the resistance. Openly denouncing repression, he is declared Enemy of the State and has to face disgrace and exile. View more details

  • 2018
  • 3h 20m

Victor Hugo - Enemy of the State

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Isabelle Carré Yannick Choirat Nade Dieu Erika Sainte

All cast & crew

6.9

Details

Genres : Drama History Biography

Release date : Nov 4, 2018

Countries of origin : France

Official sites : Beta Film France Télévisions

Language : French

Filming locations : Château de Garraube, Liorac-sur-Louyre, Dordogne, France

Production companies : France Télévisions Point du Jour Quad Drama

Summary 1848, Paris under Siege: Victor Hugo is torn between his family, his mistresses and political turmoil - never mind finally completing his classic novel Les Miserables. Although Hugo is a confirmed Royalist, he supports the Republic and Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, who is soon to become president, convinced that he will initiate social reforms. But when the new government is formed and Hugo is overlooked for office, he realizes that he has been used. Furious at the deception, he and his sons launch a daily newspaper to give the people a voice. Nor is it less chaotic on the home front, as he is juggling his love life between two mistresses and his long-suffering wife and mother of his children. When Napoléon seizes power and his sons are jailed for insurrection, Hugo insists that his wife and daughter leave Paris, where he remains, devoting himself wholeheartedly to the resistance. Openly denouncing repression, he is declared Enemy of the State and has to face disgrace and exile. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama History Biography

Release date : Nov 4, 2018

Countries of origin : France

Official sites : Beta Film France Télévisions

Language : French

Filming locations : Château de Garraube, Liorac-sur-Louyre, Dordogne, France

Production companies : France Télévisions Point du Jour Quad Drama

Photos

Isabelle Carré and Yannick Choirat in Victor Hugo, ennemi d'État (2018) Nade Dieu and Lorenzo Lefèbvre in Victor Hugo, ennemi d'État (2018) Yannick Choirat and Pablo Sanabra in Victor Hugo, ennemi d'État (2018) Yannick Choirat in Victor Hugo, ennemi d'État (2018) Isabelle Carré in Victor Hugo, ennemi d'État (2018) Victor Hugo, ennemi d'État (2018) Steve Driesen in Victor Hugo, ennemi d'État (2018) Yannick Choirat in Victor Hugo, ennemi d'État (2018) Marion Trémontels in Victor Hugo, ennemi d'État (2018) Etienne Forget in Victor Hugo, ennemi d'État (2018) Victor Hugo, ennemi d'État (2018) Yannick Choirat and Erika Sainte in Victor Hugo, ennemi d'État (2018) Yannick Choirat in Victor Hugo, ennemi d'État (2018)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Nov 04, 2018
I
Paris, 1848. Victor Hugo's life is torn between his home, his two mistresses, his incapacity to go on with his great novel "Les Misères", and his position as deputy for the Royalist party when the Revolution breaks out and the Second Republic is proclaimed.
Episode 2 • Nov 04, 2018
II
While fighting for social reforms and freedom of the people, Victor Hugo discovers the hypocrisy and cynicism that lie in all political endeavor. In frequent conflict with his own party, he is also faced with Juliette wanting him to abandon politics and Léonie wanting him to abandon Juliette.
Episode 3 • Nov 05, 2018
III
Hugo realizes that he has been manipulated by Bonaparte to better serve the president's imperialist ambitions. As Hugo joins the extreme left wing, his personal life gets complicated: Charles is thrown into jail by the authorities and Léonie reveals their relationship to Juliette.
Episode 4 • Nov 05, 2018
IV
Slowly but surely the government stifles the freedom and benefits the Revolution had brought. Worried sick by this new turn of events, Victor requests that his wife and daughter leave Paris - where he remains alone, torn between his two mistresses. When Napoléon's coup d'état occurs, Victor is declared Enemy of the State.

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