Les Dieux ont soif

A young painter drawn into revolutionary committees becomes an ardent defender of republican virtue, participating in petitions, surveillance, and military requisitions amid siege, scarcity, and political paranoia. The narrative follows his involvement in neighborhood assemblies, the administration of civic measures, and his radicalization as communal anxieties and uniforms of patriotism intensify. Interwoven are domestic scenes and a tender attachment that contrast with public violence, while bureaucratic routines and ideological zeal reveal how idealism devolves into fanaticism, communal enforcement, and suspicion. The work traces the mechanisms and human costs of collective fervor, depicting the pressure of war, punishment, and civic duty on conscience and private life.