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'Duchess' slow-moving and stuffy
From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Date: 20080704
Author:Jeff Vice Deseret News
THE DUCHESS OF LANGEAIS -- ** -- Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu; in French, with English subtitles; not rated, probable PG- 13 (violence, vulgarity, mild profanity)
"The Duchess of Langeais" sees 80-year-old French filmmaker Jacques Rivette getting a bit confused. For one thing, he appears to think that "stuffy" equates with "classy."
This is an adaptation of an Honore de Balzac novel that has a considerably more interesting title than the one it's given here (the French version actually translates to "Don't Touch the Ax"). And the resulting film is so slow-moving that it's nearly ...
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