Les nuits révolutionnaires (1989)

In the 18th century, Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne wrote history, so mixed with his own imagination that the difference between reality and fiction was often indistinguishable. He was nicknamed "the Owl" because it was his habit to roam the streets of Paris at night. Les Nuits Révolutionnaires, based on Les Nuits de Paris, takes place in the period 1789-1793 and, rather than giving a description of the historical facts of these years, reports the life of the nightlife of Paris. They reveal other characters who bewitched the shadows and, among them, the prostitutes, the blind man and the lamplighter.