Céline Sallette stars as Louise Michel in Louise Michel, l’insurgée, a 90-minute TV movie directed by Mathieu Busson for France Télévisions. Filming is scheduled from October 13 to November 7, 2026 in Occitanie. Julie Gayet and Émilie Gavois-Kahn join her in this portrayal of the Paris Commune.
The story opens in the winter of 1871, in a capital under siege. A schoolteacher in Montmartre, Louise Michel tends to her pupils and the city’s most vulnerable residents. Her commitment leads her into the Paris Commune and finally to the barricades: the TV movie ties her work with children to her political struggle.
Julie Gayet plays Paule Minck, and Émilie Gavois-Kahn portrays Nathalie Lemel. Aubry Dullin, Félix Back, and Anastasiia Zhyvotova take on Théophile Ferré, Raoul Rigault, and Élisabeth Dmitrieff, respectively. Patrick Descamps portrays Victor Hugo and Quentin Dolmaire plays Georges Clemenceau, while Dominique Valadié completes the cast.
Clémence Lebatteux, Mathieu Pichard-Rivalan and Mathieu Busson have penned the screenplay, the adaptation and the dialogue. Christie Molia produces this fiction with Moteur S’il Vous Plaît; Julie Gayet oversees the art direction. While the story is set in Paris, filming is slated to take place in Occitanie.
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