Baudet: Walls Still Standing

Baudet's destiny is foreshadowed by a mysterious old woman in black, who predicts he will accomplish great things in his life.

Leaving his village of Vordan in 1673, he plans to forge a new life in Marseilles. Finding lodging in a tavern, he makes fast friends with Father Philippe of the church in the poor quarter of Panier. Unwittingly, he is drawn to the Abbey Saint Victor across the harbor, where his future is to be with the Benedictine Order of monks.

Temptations both criminal and sexual ...