Director : Benoît Barbier
Actors : Sami Frey, Caroline Silhol, Mathieu Carriere, Pierre Richard, François Marthouret, André Marcon, Marc Adjadj, Michel Robin, Macha Méril, Patrick Massieu
Feature film, Fiction
Production language : French
Nationality : 100% French (France)
French release : 9/6/95
Runtime : 1h 33mn
Current status : Released
Associate production company : F Comme Film
Co-production : France 3 Cinéma
French distribution : AFMD

In 1629, Nathan Le Cerf joins the forces of the Comte d'Anchire. The latter forces him to fight a duel, then sentences him to be beheaded for having broken Louis XIII's edict on duels. Nathan escapes and flees to the Toulouse area, disguises himself as a pastel maker and settles in a lowly hut. As he plots his revenge, he marries Marthe de Lairac, unaware that she too has been bent on revenge for years now...