It was at the La Comédie-Française where Hugo brought his controversial new play, “Hernani,” that became a spark plug for Paris’s greater societal and political tensions Wiki Commons/Frank ...

Victor, like everyone else, a dramatic comedy by Pascal Bonitzer starring Fabrice Luchini and Chiara Mastroianni, follows an ...

Installation view ‘Eros Hugo’ Auguste Rodin’s “Iris étude” (1893, left) and “Victor Hugo, assis, nu, étude pour le Monument avant” (1909, right) (photo by Benoit Fougeirol, Terra Luna Films) (click to ...

France is beginning its year of celebrations in honour of author Victor Hugo, who was born 200 years ago on 26 February, 1802. When he died in 1885, he was given a state funeral that was attended by ...