Unusual sort of docudrama taken from the diary of a Scottish aristocrat living in Paris during the time of the revolution.
All exterior scenes were done with CGI which gave the film an unreal quality but because the tableaux were so beautiful...the way we wished Paris looked in 1790...it worked to put us back in a time and place which is unreal to us anyway.
The melodrama centered on the approaching danger the aristos refuse to acknowledge. They continue to believe their traditional privileges will eventually prevail and feel betrayed when the people(les citoyens) see it differently. The love interest between the two principals seemed forced/artificial to me which took away any emotional involvement I might have had.
As it was presented I still say...off with their heads.
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