Overview

• Directed by Émilie Valentin and Mathieu Schwartz and produced by CAPA, the 95-minute film premieres on Arte at 20h55.
• It opens with the October 5, 1789 march on Versailles led by the ‘dames de la halle’, an event that forced Louis XVI to relocate from Versailles to Paris.
• The narrative alternates historian interviews, readings of period texts and animated overlays on historical paintings to chronologically immerse viewers in revolutionary events.
• The film spotlights both well-known figures like Olympe de Gouges and little-known activists such as Anne Josèphe Téroigne de Méricourt, highlighting their roles in protests, political debates and military engagements.
• Early reviews praise its inventive blend of scholarship and animation for restoring forgotten female heroes to their rightful place in the Revolution’s story.