During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.
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Jean-Louis Barrault
Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne
Marcello Mastroianni
Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt
Hanna Schygulla
Countess Sophie de la Borde
Harvey Keitel
Thomas Paine
Jean-Claude Brialy
Monsieur Jacob
Andréa Ferréol
Madame Adélaïde Gagnon
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Monsieur Sauce
Michel Vitold
De Florange
Laura Betti
Virginia Capacelli
Enzo Jannacci
Italian clown
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