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      • Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 70%, based on 66 reviews, with an average score of 6.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "At times plodding and dialogue heavy, The Duchess of Langeais is nevertheless an intriguing and rewarding dissection of class and gender relations."
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  2. All Audience. Verified Audience. Steve Erickson Gay City News. By offering such a faithful interpretation of an old-fashioned vision of love, "The Duchess of Langeais" challenges us to ponder...

  3. Jun 19, 2008 · Reviews. A prisoner of love in a chamber of secrets. Drama. 137 minutes ‧ 2008. Roger Ebert. June 19, 2008. 4 min read. Armand (Guillame Depardieu) confronts the coquettish Antoinette (Jeanne Balibar). The lovers in “The Duchess of Langeais” never consummate their love, but it consummates them.

  4. The Duchess of Langeais Reviews. 74 Metascore. 2007. 2 hr 18 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Distinguished veteran filmmaker Jacques Rivette directed this handsome and elegant...

  5. Feb 22, 2008 · Jacques Rivette’s “Duchess of Langeais” seems to me a nearly impeccable work of art beautiful, true, profound. Based on Balzac’s 1834 short novel and set against the French Restoration Napoleon...

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  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. In 1820s Paris married socialite Madame de Langeais (Jeanne Balibar) captures the attention of a soldier (Guillaume Depardieu) who vows to make her his lover. Though the soldier, Armand de ...

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