Ne touchez pas la hache / Don't Touch the Axe / Jacques Rivette / 2007 / film review

Ne touchez pas la hache

2007 Drama / Romance

Credits

Director: Jacques Rivette
Script: Pascal Bonitzer, Christine Laurent, Jacques Rivette, Honoré de Balzac (novel)
Photo: William Lubtchansky
Music: Pierre Allio
Cast: Jeanne Balibar (Antoinette de Langeais), Guillaume Depardieu (Armand de Montriveau), Michel Piccoli (Vidame de Pamiers), Bulle Ogier (Princesse de Blamont-Chauvry), Anne Cantineau (Clara de Sérizy), Mathias Jung (Julien), Julie Judd (Lisette), Marc Barbé (Marquis de Ronquerolles), Nicolas Bouchaud (De Trailles), Thomas Durand (De Marsay), Beppe Chierici (L’alcade)
Country: France / Italy
Language: French
Runtime: 137 min
Aka: Don’t Touch the Axe; The Duchess of Langeais

Summary

General Armand de Montriveau arrives on a Spanish island as part of a French expedition to re-establish the rule of Ferdinand VII. There, in a monastery, he discovers Sister Thérèse, the woman he has been desperately seeking for five years... The story began in Paris, what seems like a lifetime ago. The moment he saw Antoinette de Navarreins for the first time, Armand de Montriveau knew that she was the woman of his life. But she is a coquette and a schemer, renowned for toying with the affections of men. Besides, she is already married, to the Duke of Langeais. Yet it pleases her to let the gallant general court her, knowing as she does that he will never have her heart...

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