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Actors: Lucy Russell, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Charlotte Véry, Léonard Cobiant, Eric Viellard, Rosette, Alain Libolt
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Lady and the Duke |
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Based on Grace Elliott's "Journal of my Life during the French Revolution", THE LADY AND THE DUKE (L'Anglaise et le Duc) is a movie written and directed by Eric Rohmer in 2001. This film earned two nominations for the French Academy awards.
Grace Elliott, an English Lady educated in France, is staying in Paris during the French Revolution. She regularly meets the Duke of Orléans, the cousin of Louis the XVIth, who shares the ideas of the first revolutionaries. She will witness the slaughter of the noble people, the arrest and the execution of the King of France.
Helpless, she observes how the rather peaceful revolution transforms itself in a bloodbath during the Terror period. Her friend the Duke, chief of the Orleanists, understands but too late that it's necessary that he disappears in order that the revolution lives.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Lady and the Duke |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 18th century
War impact on civilians/veterans
Yes
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Woman/class/friends story?
- woman's story
Story of city/rural life?
- Big City
Culture of surrounding area:
- French
Kind of conflict:
- revolution
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- simply wealthy
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) long curly
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) long wavey
Body type
- (man) fat
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
City:
- Paris
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- book
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