Rani

The 18th century between Europe and India: The young French noblewoman Jolanne de Valcourt is miserably betrayed by her half-brother. At the side of her great love, a British officer, she is unjustly accused of murder and high treason and sentenced to deportation to India ... - Enslaved! Persecuted! Loved! From prostitute to princess: "Rani - Ruler of Hearts" shows the story of a woman who neither submits to men nor to her fate. The historical 8-part adventure mini-series stars Mylène Jampanoï (Martyrs) and Jean-Hugues Anglade (Sopranos). It is based on the comic book series of the same name by Jean Van Hamme. 1743, during the Austrian War of Succession. The young Frenchwoman Jolanne de Valcourt (Mylène Jampanoï) is falsely suspected of having forwarded secret war plans to the British. In fact, her half-brother Philippe de Valcourt (Jean-Hugues Anglade) is behind it, a notorious womanizer, player and ... her father's murderer! Guilty of murdering her father, Jolanne is led to the scaffolding of her execution ...