The Duchess of Langeais

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-03-28

Languages:

French, Spanish

Countries:

France, Italy

Runtime:

137 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (1052 Reviews)

Director:

Jacques Rivette

Genres:

Drama Music Romance

Cast:

Jeanne Balibar Guillaume Depardieu Bulle Ogier Michel Piccoli

Writer:

Honorè de Balzac (novel)

Pascal Bonitzer

Christine Laurent

Jacques Rivette

Fullplot:

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. She flirts with him, and soon he's captivated. His behavior is possessive, insistent. Then, it is her turn to become obsessed. Letters, balls, scandal, a kidnapping, and an ultimatum bring her to the cloister and him to melancholy. Whose steel proved sharper? Is it tragic or grotesque?

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