Jeanne Balibar
Antoinette de Langeais
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The Duchess of Langeais is a 2007 French-Italian period drama film directed by Jacques Rivette. Its original French title is Ne touchez pas la hache ("Don't touch the axe"). It is based on the 1834 novel of the same name by Honoré de Balzac.
Mar 28, 2007 · The Duchess of Langeais: Directed by Jacques Rivette. With Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Bulle Ogier, Michel Piccoli. In Majorca, in 1823, a French general, Armand de Montriveau, overhears a cloistered nun singing in a chapel; he insists on speaking to her.
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- Drama, Music, Romance
- Jacques Rivette
- 2007-03-28
Nov 22, 2016 · THE DUCHESSE OF LANGEAIS. In a Spanish city on an island in the Mediterranean, there stands a convent of the Order of Barefoot Carmelites, where the rule instituted by St. Theresa is still preserved with all the first rigor of the reformation brought about by that illustrious woman.
Jun 19, 2008 · Roger Ebert June 19, 2008. Tweet. Armand (Guillame Depardieu) confronts the coquettish Antoinette (Jeanne Balibar). Now streaming on: Rent. Powered by JustWatch. The lovers in "The Duchess of Langeais" never consummate their love, but it consummates them. The film is about two elegant aristocrats whose stubborn compulsions eat them alive.
Antoinette is the Duchess of Langeais, a married coquette who frequents the most extravagant balls in 1820's Paris during The Restoration, where hypocrisy and vanity reign. Upon the handsome general Armand de Montriveau's first meeting with her, he realized it was true love. Flattered by his...
- Jacques Rivette
- Remo Girone
Feb 22, 2008 · The Duchess of Langeais. NYT Critic’s Pick. Directed by Jacques Rivette. Drama, Music, Romance. Not Rated. 2h 17m. By Manohla Dargis. Feb. 22, 2008. Jacques Rivette’s “Duchess of...
Summaries. In Majorca, in 1823, a French general, Armand de Montriveau, overhears a cloistered nun singing in a chapel; he insists on speaking to her. She is Antoinette, for five years he has searched for her. Flash back to their meeting in Paris, he recently returned from Africa, she married and part of the highest society.
