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DON'T TOUCH THE AXE

BASED ON THE NOVEL BY HONORÉ DE BALZAC, THE DUCHESS OF LANGEAIS

By Jacques RIVETTE

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Drama - Completed 2006

- Year of production
- 2006
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- FRANCE
- Languages
- FRENCH
- Duration
- 130 mn
- Director(s)
- Jacques RIVETTE
- Writer(s)
- Christine LAURENT, Jacques RIVETTE, Pascal BONITZER
- Cast
- Guillaume DEPARDIEU, Jeanne BALIBAR, Anne CANTINEAU, Julie JUDD, Marc BARBE, Mathias JUNG, Michel PICCOLI, Nicolas BOUCHAUD, Thomas DURAND
- Producer(s)
- Martine MARIGNAC (Pierre Grise Productions)
- Synopsis
- Handsome young general Armand de Montriveau has searched across the seas for the woman he fell madly in love with five years ago. He finally finds Antoinette, the Duchess of Langeais, living chastely in a Majorcan convent…
  It was love at first sight for Montriveau upon meeting Antoinette, a married coquette who frequents the most extravagant balls of 1820s Restoration Paris, where hypocrisy and vanity reign. Flattered by his attentions, the alluring Antoinette orchestrates a calculating game of seduction, but she repeatedly refuses Montriveau. Despite his sincere romantic declarations, Montriveau's passion remains unfulfilled. When the humiliated Montriveau eventually seeks his revenge, Antoinette's love awakens. But it may well be too late for the star-crossed lovers.