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The Lady and the Duke 2001 123movies

The Lady and the Duke 2001 123movies

Sep. 07, 2001129 Min.
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Watch: L’Anglaise et le Duc 2001 123movies, Full Movie Online – An episodic look at Grace Elliott (1760-1823) and Philippe, the Duke of Orleans, during the French Revolution. In 1790, they are friends, no longer lovers. He suggests she leave France, she warns him to quit the Revolution. In 1792, she must escape Paris on foot. Less than a month later, she returns on an errand of mercy and shows great courage saving the governor of Tuileries. The Duke in turn steps in to protect Grace. In early 1793, she demands a promise from the Duke that he vote to spare Louis’s life; he does not, and Grace is furious. In April, he warns her of a search; she is arrested and brought before the committee. Orleans, too, is suspect. The guillotine awaits..
Plot: Grace Dalrymple Elliot is a British aristocrat trapped in Paris during the French Revolution. Determined to maintain her stiff upper lip and pampered life despite the upheaval, Grace continues her friendship with the Duke of Orléans while risking her life and liberty to protect a fugitive.
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6.8/10 Votes: 2,786
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N/A Votes: 29 Popularity: 3.648 | TMDB

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Rohmer Makes the French Revolution Boring
As a fan of Eric Rohmer’s studies of the contemporary war between the sexes, I was very eager to see “The Lady and The Duke (L’Anglaise et le duc)” for how he would treat men and women during a real war, the French Revolution.

The film looks beautiful, with each scene designed as a period painting, like a tableaux vivant. And I expected much talking, as that’s Rohmer’s style. But maybe Rohmer was restrained by basing the screenplay on a real woman’s writings is why this mostly felt like a docudrama version of “The Scarlet Pimpernel.”

As awful as the excesses of Robespierre et al, how about some recognition that the French aristocrats were spoiled brats? I kept humming to myself: “Marat, we’re poor/and the poor stay poor;” you could also pick a tune from “Les Miz.”

I wasn’t all that sympathetic as the central figure has to go back and forth between her city home and country manor to stay ahead of the Revolution. At one point her maid claims the pantry is bare but sure manages to lay out a fine repast. I simply didn’t understand her, an English sympathizer who alternately rejects and defends her former lover and patron as he and the Revolution keep shifting political focus; I think I was supposed to sympathize with her consistency more than their political machinations, like a character out of “The Scarlet Pimpernel.” Hey, the only reason she didn’t go back home was her disgrace after an affair and child with the Prince of Wales or somebody.

Usually in a revolutionary period there’s some groundswell of change going on in relations between men and women, but I saw none here. I once went to a Herbert Marcuse lecture that concluded with a lengthy Q & A; the last question, from an audience member far older than the rest of us acolytes, heck she had gray hair, was “Why are revolutionaries so grim?” She was hooted at and Marcuse didn’t deign to respond to it seriously — but it’s the only thing of substance I remember from the whole evening. Rohmer demonstrates that counter-revolutionaries are also grim and didactic.

(originally written 8/11/2002)

Review By: noralee

Other Information:

Original Title L’Anglaise et le Duc
Release Date 2001-09-07
Release Year 2001

Original Language fr
Runtime 2 hr 9 min (129 min), 2 hr 5 min (125 min) (New York) (USA)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Drama, History, Romance
Director Éric Rohmer
Writer Grace Elliott, Éric Rohmer
Actors Lucy Russell, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Alain Libolt
Country France, Germany
Awards 4 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A


Technical Information:

Sound Mix DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 3,524 m (Germany), 3,652 m (Spain)
Negative Format Video
Cinematographic Process HDTV
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision 2383)

Original title L'Anglaise et le Duc
TMDb Rating 6.276 29 votes

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