Rotten
It's charged with nuance yet ultimately an exercise in compressed literary adaptation.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
The Duchess of Langeais
2007 · 2h 17m · UNRATED
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Jacques Rivette
Overview
General Montriveau, having returned from the Napoleonic Wars in despair, quickly becomes enamored with Duchess Langeais. Across a series of nocturnal visitations, the Duchess mercilessly toys with her hot-tempered suitor, as the machinations of a shadowy conspiracy unfold in the background.
Director and cast
- Jacques Rivette Director
- Jeanne Balibar as Antoinette de Langeais
- Guillaume Depardieu as Armand de Montriveau
- Bulle Ogier as Princess de Blamont-Chauvry
- Michel Piccoli as Vidame de Pamiers
- Anne Cantineau as Clara de Serizy
- Thomas Durand as De Marsay
- Nicholas Bouchaud as De Trailles
- Mathias Jung as Julien
- Julie Judd as Lisette
- Victoria Zinny as Le Mere superieure
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
69%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Maybe even Rivette himself is a little too delicate for this ferocious, intensely focused pair. But he's fascinated by them, and ultimately, he loves them.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Fresh
The everyday moviegoer will find it as impenetrable as its heroine. But if you vibrate to nuances of style, if you enjoy tension gathering strength beneath terrible restraint, if you admire great acting, then you will.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
The director guides the viewer through a sly consideration of near-sociopathic not-quite-lovers, one of whom finds refuge in religion, the other in romantic obsession.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
The Duchess of Langeais is a stately costume drama of wrenching passions expressed in courtly phrases.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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