The Lady and the Duke (2001)
(L'Anglaise et le Duc)
Country: FR/GER
Technical: col 129m
Director: Eric Rohmer
Cast: Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Lucy Russell, Alain Libolt, Charlotte Véry, Léonard Cobiant
Synopsis:
In 1789 Grace Elliott saves the Marquis de Champcenetz from the guillotine, much to the disapproval of the Duc d'Orléans, her former lover. Four years later, at the time of the Terror, they both find themselves at the mercy of those zealously seeking after enemies of the Republic.
Review:
In its emphasis on language, and in its passionate, morally righteous and volatile heroine, no different from any other Rohmer film. However, the striking decor, with its mix of CGI and painted backdrops, recalls only Perceval le Gallois, his previous foray into the historical. It succeeds in being both an absorbing political intrigue and an affecting catalogue of one woman's (real life) exploits and Justine-style misfortunes.
(L'Anglaise et le Duc)
Country: FR/GER
Technical: col 129m
Director: Eric Rohmer
Cast: Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Lucy Russell, Alain Libolt, Charlotte Véry, Léonard Cobiant
Synopsis:
In 1789 Grace Elliott saves the Marquis de Champcenetz from the guillotine, much to the disapproval of the Duc d'Orléans, her former lover. Four years later, at the time of the Terror, they both find themselves at the mercy of those zealously seeking after enemies of the Republic.
Review:
In its emphasis on language, and in its passionate, morally righteous and volatile heroine, no different from any other Rohmer film. However, the striking decor, with its mix of CGI and painted backdrops, recalls only Perceval le Gallois, his previous foray into the historical. It succeeds in being both an absorbing political intrigue and an affecting catalogue of one woman's (real life) exploits and Justine-style misfortunes.
(L'Anglaise et le Duc)
Country: FR/GER
Technical: col 129m
Director: Eric Rohmer
Cast: Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Lucy Russell, Alain Libolt, Charlotte Véry, Léonard Cobiant
Synopsis:
In 1789 Grace Elliott saves the Marquis de Champcenetz from the guillotine, much to the disapproval of the Duc d'Orléans, her former lover. Four years later, at the time of the Terror, they both find themselves at the mercy of those zealously seeking after enemies of the Republic.
Review:
In its emphasis on language, and in its passionate, morally righteous and volatile heroine, no different from any other Rohmer film. However, the striking decor, with its mix of CGI and painted backdrops, recalls only Perceval le Gallois, his previous foray into the historical. It succeeds in being both an absorbing political intrigue and an affecting catalogue of one woman's (real life) exploits and Justine-style misfortunes.