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At times plodding and dialogue heavy, The Duchess of Langeais is nevertheless an intriguing and rewarding dissection of class and gender relations.
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Joshua Rothkopf
It's charged with nuance yet ultimately an exercise in compressed literary adaptation. December 17, 2008 | Full Review…
It's charged with nuance yet ultimately an exercise in compressed literary adaptation.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
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. October 18, 2008
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
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. June 20, 2008 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
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
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. June 19, 2008 | Rating: 3/4
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
Jacques Rivette's Duchess of Langeais seems to me a nearly impeccable work of art -- beautiful, true, profound. April 14, 2008 | Rating: 4.5/5
Jacques Rivette's Duchess of Langeais seems to me a nearly impeccable work of art -- beautiful, true, profound.
Manohla Dargis
By offering such a faithful interpretation of an old-fashioned vision of love, "The Duchess of Langeais" challenges us to ponder whether our own relationships might not be equally tortured. March 6, 2018 | Full Review…
By offering such a faithful interpretation of an old-fashioned vision of love, "The Duchess of Langeais" challenges us to ponder whether our own relationships might not be equally tortured.
Steve Erickson
...the film's pinnacle example of masterful direction, as well as the abyss-like darkness of the story's creeping sense of the fruitlessness of romance, and possibly of life. November 17, 2017 | Full Review…
...the film's pinnacle example of masterful direction, as well as the abyss-like darkness of the story's creeping sense of the fruitlessness of romance, and possibly of life.
Daniel Kasman
Well-acted literary period drama based on the 1834 novella La Duchesse de Langeais by Honore Balzac. April 25, 2012 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Well-acted literary period drama based on the 1834 novella La Duchesse de Langeais by Honore Balzac.
Dennis Schwartz
Visually arresting period drama finds the core of the emotional life of its characters in the debate between the duchess and the general about love. Balzac fans will delight. December 17, 2008 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
Visually arresting period drama finds the core of the emotional life of its characters in the debate between the duchess and the general about love. Balzac fans will delight.
Nora Lee Mandel
The Duchess of Langeais is a romantic dance of death. July 25, 2008 | Rating: B+
The Duchess of Langeais is a romantic dance of death.
Michael Sragow
Of course, it would also help if we could understand what's supposed to be so alluring about the title character, Antoinette de Langeais. July 23, 2008 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Of course, it would also help if we could understand what's supposed to be so alluring about the title character, Antoinette de Langeais.
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