Ne touchez pas la hache [videorecording] / une coprodution franco-italienne, Pierre Grise Productions, Cinemaundici avec Arte France cinéma ; avec la participation de Canal + ... [et al.] ; adaptation, Pascal Bonitzer, Christine Laurent ; mise en scène, Jacques Rivette.
Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier. A foreign film (France and Italy). Adapted from the novel "La duchesse de Langeais" by Honoré de Balzac. Originally produced as a motion picture. Special features include interview with Guillaume Depardieu (10 min.); interview with Manu de Chauvigny (9 min). Library copy includes a film review from the New York Times of Sunday, February 17, 2008 inserted in container. IaU
Summary:
"Set during the Restoration, when society was dominated by hypocrisy, the importance of appearances and money, the film follows the ups and downs of a doomed love story, with a blend of passion and revenge between General Montriveau and the Duchesse de Langeais"--Cineuropa web site.
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