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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.
Sep 19, 2004 · The Duchesse of Langeais by Honoré de Balzac. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
- HonorÃe de Balzac
- 1834
Mar 5, 2023 · “The Duchess of Langeais” (1834) is part of Balzac’s great life’s work, the sprawling novel series called “The Human Comedy.” This novel is set in Paris, in the years after Napoleon’s fall and the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy.
Jun 19, 2008 · A prisoner of love in a chamber of secrets. Roger Ebert June 19, 2008. Tweet. Armand (Guillame Depardieu) confronts the coquettish Antoinette (Jeanne Balibar). Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The lovers in "The Duchess of Langeais" never consummate their love, but it consummates them.
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.
