Francois Villon

Based on contemporary documents and poetry, French historian Jean Favier reconstructs the turbulent life of François Villon, a bohemian, poet, thief, friend of the scum and courtiers in Blois. At the same time, it also portrays the life of the different classes of the Parisian population, both poor and rich. We'll find out, how to study and do business in Villon's world, stealing and cheating, believed in God, celebrated, getting married and getting married, poetry, was dying, a ladder, had sex, feasted, ...there was both reigning and joking.