The Lady and the Duke
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Directed by | Éric Rohmer |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $7.1 million[1] |
Box office | $778.000[2] |
The Lady and the Duke (French: L'Anglaise et le Duc) is a 2001 period drama film by French director Éric Rohmer. The film was inspired by Ma vie sous la révolution, the colourful memoirs of Grace Elliott, an Edinburgh-born royalist caught up in the political intrigue following the French Revolution.
According to a description of the film in The Guardian, Rohmer's "customary verbal sparring and complex intellectual arguments are spiced by lavish sets, suspenseful plotting and the continuous threat of violence."[3]
Cast[]
- Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Duke of Orléans
- Lucy Russell as Grace Elliott
- as Duke of Biron
- as Pulcherie the Cook
- Rosette as Franchette
- as Champcenetz
- François Marthouret as Dumouriez
- as Nanon
- Marie Rivière as Madame Laurent
- as Madame Meyler
- François-Marie Banier as Robespierre
Reception[]
The film was criticised by many viewers in France because of its uncompromising presentation of revolutionary violence; some described it as reactionary or monarchist propaganda.[citation needed] Asked about this, Lucy Russell remarked: "There does seem to be a great problem, not just in France, but every country has problems facing up to the nasty parts of its history. But there's a reason it was called the Terror."[3]
References[]
- ^ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=2195
- ^ https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fLANGLAISEETLEDUC01&country=FR&wk=2001W36&id=_fLANGLAISEETLEDUC01&p=.htm
- ^ Jump up to: a b Akin Ojumu (30 December 2001). "Roads lead to Rohmer". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
External links[]
- The Lady and the Duke at IMDb
- The Lady and the Duke at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Lady and the Duke at Metacritic
- The Lady and the Duke at Box Office Mojo
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- 2001 films
- French-language films
- Films directed by Éric Rohmer
- French Revolution films
- Films set in the 1790s
- French biographical drama films
- French films
- French historical drama films
- 2000s historical drama films
- Cultural depictions of Maximilien Robespierre
- 2001 biographical drama films
- 2001 drama films
- 2000s French film stubs
- Historical film stubs