(Alizée Gaie): Voltaire’s first great love and the center of the scandal in The Hague.
: François is sent to the Netherlands as an attaché, where he falls passionately in love with a young woman named Olympe Dunoyer . The relationship ends in a major scandal involving Olympe’s mother, a well-known pamphleteer, and the French ambassador, leading to his return to Paris. Les Aventures du jeune Voltaire S01E01 FRENCH HDTV
(Thomas Solivérès): An ambitious, witty, and rebellious young man. (Alizée Gaie): Voltaire’s first great love and the
: Parts of the series were filmed at the Château de Chantilly to recreate the Palace of Versailles and other historical settings. Despite his father’s attempts to steer him toward
The episode follows the young François-Marie Arouet, a bright student at the Jesuit college in Paris. Despite his father’s attempts to steer him toward a career in law, François is drawn to the libertine circles and literary salons of Paris, much to his father’s shame.