Les Thibault(2003)

Les Thibault is a French historical drama spanning 1905 to 1918, following two brothers from a wealthy Catholic family whose lives take starkly different paths. The elder, conservative and dutiful, remains bound to family tradition and faith, while the younger rebels against bourgeois constraints, driven by idealism and a hunger for freedom. Their diverging choices pull them toward conflicting worlds—one anchored in the old order, the other reaching toward modernity and social change. Set against the backdrop of pre-war Europe and the First World War, the series explores how personal ambition, religious conviction, and historical upheaval reshape family bonds. Adapted from Roger Martin du Gard's celebrated novel cycle, Les Thibault captures the moral and social tensions of a generation caught between duty and desire, tradition and transformation.