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The Duchess of Langeais

The Duchess of Langeais

Original title
Ne Touchez pas la Hache
Year
2007
Gender
Drama , Music , Romance
Director
Jacques Rivette
Country
France , Italy
Details
137 minutes / colored / sound

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.

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