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The two partners are the duchess , a coquette in the social whirl of Paris 1823, and a military hero, Gen.

In the decadent Paris of the 1820s, a handsome, socially awkward Napoleonic general pursues a married but extravagantly flirtatious and elusive noblewoman : it seems like a thankless one-way street until a ...

We like to look at superb period detail and the struggle between passion and the ornate, complex requirements of 19th century social convention as much as the next guy, but maybe not for 137 minutes. via London Free Press

“How many days have I got left?”

From left French actor Edouard Baer, French director Claude Lanzmann, American director, actor, and jury president Sean Penn, Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman, Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron, French ... via Modesto Bee

Imagine that Bruce Willis has a film In Competition and Demi Moore is on the Cannes jury. via Hollywood Reporter

Festival de Cannes organizers finally revealed the remaining lineup Tuesday, with Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles' "Blindness" set to open the 61st festival on May 14. via Hollywood Reporter

It's a sign of the times that there appears to be so little place for experimental and auteur cinema in France at the moment that even legendary Nouvelle Vague directors like Eric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette ... via DVD Times

Jeanne Balibar plays Antoinette Langeais. It's not easy to make Balzac, at his most melodramatic, engrossing on the modern screen. via Washington Times

“Can I hear the story from your own mouth?”

Possession Jacques Rivette's 'The Duchess of Langeais' ups the ante on an aristocratic flirtation By Richard von Busack JACQUES RIVETTE'S tantalizing The Duchess of Langeais is the old master's attempt to ... via Metroactive

The clomp of fancy shoes on the floors of a cold Parisian manor provide a hard percussive beat - and an element of sonic suspense - to Jacques Rivette's classy, compelling The Duchess of Langeais , a ... via Philly.com

We like to look at superb period detail and the struggle between passion and the ornate, complex requirements of 19th century social convention as much as the next guy, but maybe not for 137 minutes. via Slam Sports

Guillaume Depardieu as the suitor and Jeanne Balibar as the duchess. Details: Based on the book by Honor de Balzac. via SF Weekly

REVIEW Acclaimed director Jacques Rivette is still at the top of his game with his latest film, adapted from an Honor de Balzac novella. via Bay Guardian

“Such a fuss over an empty carriage.”

Guillaume Depardieu and Jeanne Balibar star in New Wave director Jacques Rivette's languorous study of seduction. via The Boston Globe

A chance flirtation at a Fauborg St-Germain party initiates an arduous campaign of romantic outflankings, accomplished through feigned illnesses, epistolary sallies, evocations of God, and threats of force. via IndieWIRE

'SUCH a fuss over an empty carriage," says someone near the end of "The Duchess of Langeais." This movie is an empty carriage. via New York Post

THE DUCHESS OF LANGEAIS In Paris during the 1820s, Antoinette is the flirty Duchess of Langeais, who can have any man she wants. via Movies.com

FRENCH TRYST A married flirt and a soldier circle each other in The Duchess of Langeais , a lush Gallic romance Moune Jamet By Owen Gleiberman Owen Gleiberman The gorgeous floorboards creak - loudly - in the ... via EntertainmentWeekly

“The uninformed filmgoer might not leap to support the contention that Rivette is the most important filmmaker of the past thirty-five years.”

THE DUCHESS OF LANGEAIS RUNNING TIME 137 minutes WRITTEN BY Pascal Bonitzer and Christine Laurent DIRECTED BY Jacques Rivette STARRING Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier ... via Observer.com - All Articles

Rivette's latest drama is a love story lacking in passion Jacques Rivette, one of France's most original filmmakers, stumbles with his latest feature from a novella by Honore de Balzac, a period drama set in ... via Boxoffice