Secrets, rumors and betrayals surround the upcoming marriage between a young dissolute man and virtuous woman of the French aristocracy.
Social & External
The people behind it
Asia Argento
Vellini
Fu'ad Aït Aattou
Ryno de Marigny
Roxane Mesquida
Hermangarde
Claude Sarraute
La marquise de Flers
Yolande Moreau
La comtesse d'Artelles
Michael Lonsdale
le vicomte Prony
Anne Parillaud
Mme de Solcy
Amira Casar
Mademoiselle Divine des Airelles
Lio
La chanteuse
Caroline Ducey
La dame de Pique
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