Furcy in Amersfoort

In 1817 on Reunion Island, Furcy discovers a letter of emancipation among his deceased mother's belongings, revealing he was born free. This sparks a courageous, decades-long legal crusade against his master, Joseph Lory. Aided by an abolitionist prosecutor, Furcy’s quest for justice takes him from imprisonment and exile in Mauritius to the Royal Court of Paris. A compelling historical saga documenting one of the rarest legal triumphs for freedom in French history.