Lady Oscar Cuore&Rivoluzione

  Lady Oscar and the Revolution: dreams and Nightmares. Reflections on the Side: History is Now. I love the French Revolution.  I love its first, incandescent years, when anything seemed possible, when the light of Reason seemed destined to shine for everyone, including women. It is the period when the will of the people, for the first time, appeared capable of overturning custom, the pretext of divine right, and the obsolete vision of the three estates. I believe it wrote fundamental pages of European history, cradling the hearts of countless dreamers. Oscar François de Jarjayes, born into opulence but with a rebellious spirit and a profound sense of ethics, is our guide through this turmoil. We see her struggle with her conscience, question her role, and, with André by her side, progressively embrace the ideals of equality and justice that will push her to choose a side. Let's think of her dialogues, her growing awareness of the people's conditions, her gazes filled with ho...