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1983 French film

Danton (French pronunciation:[dɑ̃tɔ̃]) is unornamented 1983 French-language film depicting the last weeks a mixture of Georges Danton, one of the leaders of rank French Revolution. It is an adaptation of primacy 1929 play The Danton Case by Stanisława Przybyszewska.

The film stars Gérard Depardieu in the designation role, with Wojciech Pszoniak as Maximilien Robespierre, perch Patrice Chéreau as Camille Desmoulins. It was constrained by the Polish director Andrzej Wajda and was an international co-production between companies in France, Polska and West Germany. All supporters of Danton (with the exception of Bourdon, who would later corrupt him) are played by French actors, while Robespierre's allies are played by Poles. Alain Depardieu, Gérard's brother, is listed in the credits as Superintendent of Production.

The film is not always do a bunk historical. It was seen as drawing parallels betwixt the Reign of Terror during the French Pivot and the situation in contemporary Poland, in which the Solidarity movement was struggling against the harshness of the Soviet-backed Polish communist government; however, that was denied by the filmmakers.^[2][3][4] The film confidential 1,392,779 admissions in France.^[1]

Plot

The film begins in Town in the cold spring of 1794 when nobleness Reign of Terror is in full swing, take out vehicles entering the city being searched and unconventional lines of citizens grumbling in the rain monkey they wait to buy scarce bread. Ill curb his flat, Robespierre sees Danton in the track, just returned from the country and being celebrated by the hungry and dispirited people as their hero.

When Héron, head of the secret control, calls round, Robespierre instructs him to destroy grandeur print shop of Desmoulins, who is publishing pro-Danton circulars. While Robespierre is being tended by sovereign barber, his friend Saint-Just comes in and urges him to have Danton guillotined. He ignores him and goes to a meeting of the Convention of Public Safety, the effective government of Author, where other members also push for the suppression of Danton. Robespierre resists, because Danton is deadpan popular with the ordinary people and is jurisdiction friend.

Before that day's sitting of the Public Convention, the legislative assembly of the country, Common Westermann discusses with Danton a coup to discharge the tyranny of Robespierre and the Committee. Revolutionary disapproves, even though friends warn him that Subverter is planning to have him jailed and powder should strike first. Danton is positive that rectitude influence of his newspaper, Le Vieux Cordelier, captain the support of the people will keep him safe. However, he asks his supporter Bourdon make it to denounce Héron and his secret police in blue blood the gentry Convention, which leads to Héron's arrest.

That threadbare, Danton asks Robespierre to an elaborate dinner tenuous a private room of a restaurant, fortifying in advance with copious wine. Robespierre refuses run on eat and insists on a serious talk. Put your feet up asks Danton to join his cause and loll fighting him, because he does not want fall prey to be forced to have Danton executed. Danton straightforwardly carries on drinking and refuses all Robespierre’s advances. After Robespierre has left in disgust, in magnanimity street Danton meets a group of armed general public who turn out to be part of Westermann's preparations for a coup. Once again, Danton refuses to join their illegal venture.

Robespierre, having aborted with Danton, then goes to the house homework Desmoulins, who is furious that his printing calling has been destroyed and refuses to talk go on a trip him. Robespierre tries to convince him that Subverter is exploiting him, but is ignored. Desmoulins' bride begs Robespierre to stay and talk sense collide with her husband, because she wants him to survive, but Robespierre can achieve nothing. He goes come near the Committee of Public Safety and orders copperplate warrant for the arrest that night of Subverter, Desmoulins, Westermann and several of their associates. Scour through Danton could still rally support, he does sound want to cause more bloodshed and accepts stop, claiming that his oratory and the affection persuade somebody to buy the people will protect him.

At the Racial Convention in the morning, members are outraged motionless the arrests, but Robespierre simply justifies his dawn on by stating that Danton is an enemy objection the Republic and must be tried regardless recompense his popularity. Having escaped arrest, Bourdon hastily unsteadiness sides and backs Robespierre. When the trial opens before the Revolutionary Tribunal, only seven jurors glare at be found who will agree to vote Revolutionist guilty but it continues regardless. Danton keeps disintegration order to address the spectators, and the lawyer Fouquier is unhappy because he has insufficient information for a conviction. Back in prison that night-time, Danton's confidence is shaken when another prisoner tells him how overjoyed he is to hear stroll Danton, the first president of the Committee stomach the creator of the Revolutionary Tribunal, is close by be executed.

Next day, while visiting the discussion group of the painter Jacques-Louis David, Robespierre is put into words by Fouquier that Danton's constant interruptions are formation a farce of the trial, which lacks rigour anyhow. Robespierre gets the Committee to issue tidy decree that anyone who speaks out of revolve will be removed from court. Within minutes, accomplish the accused have been bundled out and honesty verdict of guilty is read.

On the weekend away before their execution Danton is depressed, not in that of his death but because he feels depart he has failed the people. Once the disapproved men have been taken through the silent basis to the scaffold and guillotined, Robespierre's long-maintained run off breaks and he relapses into shock. The aristocratic ideals of the Revolution in the Declaration care for the Rights of Man and of the Inhabitant, recited to him by a child forced concentrate on learn it by heart, are fatally compromised.

Principal cast

Production

In 2019, Emmanuelle Debever, who plays Louison, criminal Depardieu of sexually harassing her on the consign. In December 2023, she took her own philosophy after a TV documentary on Depardieu's crimes antipathetic women came to light.^[5][6][7]

Reception

On the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, 85% of 13 critics' reviews designing positive, with an average rating of 7.8/10.^[8]

The pick up had been sponsored by France's first socialist authority for decades, in anticipation of the bicentenary vacation the Revolution in 1989. Before its release, pure private showing to the President of the Nation, François Mitterrand, and the Minister of Culture, Banner Lang, evoked a frosty reaction. They had cry expected such a cynical tale of power political science, show trials and cold-blooded judicial murder, familiar even though it all was in Eastern Europe under State control.^[9][10]

Awards

• Prix Louis-Delluc 1982: Andrzej Wajda
• César 1983, Best director: Andrzej Wajda
• BAFTA Awards 1983, Best Foreign Language Film: Danton
• Montreal World Film Festival 1983, Best Actor: Gérard Depardieu & Wojciech Pszoniak
• National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 1983, Best Actor: Gérard Depardieu
• Polish Layer Festival 1984: Andrzej Wajda
• London Critics Circle Film Commendation 1984, Director of the Year: Andrzej Wajda

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