The Rebel, Louise Michel

Directed by Sólveig Anspach

With Sylvie Testud, Nathalie Boutefeu, Alexandre Steiger, Bernard Blancan and Augustin Watreng

A fiercely active Communard, Louise Michel is condemned for taking arms against Bismarck. Along with thousands of other revolutionaries, she is deported to New Caledonia, whilst, back in Paris, a young parliamentarian Georges Clemenceau campaigns for a truce with the Communards. During her exile, Louise Michel becomes a teacher and wins the admiration of the other deportees, inspiring them to rise up against the colonial order…