Le siècle des lumières(1993)

Le siècle des lumières is a historical series following three privileged Creole orphans from Havana—siblings Carlos and Sofia, along with their cousin Esteban—as they encounter the charismatic French adventurer Victor Hugues. Swept into the revolutionary upheaval that convulsed the Atlantic World in the late eighteenth century, the cousins navigate idealism, betrayal, and moral compromise amid the era's political chaos. The narrative traces their transformation from sheltered colonial youth into figures caught between competing ideologies and personal ambition, set against the backdrop of the Enlightenment's violent collision with colonial power. Rich in period detail and psychological complexity, the series explores how revolution reshapes individual lives and family bonds.