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  • Actors: Lucy Russell, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Alain Libolt, Charlotte Véry, Rosette
  • Directors: Eric Rohmer
  • Writers: Eric Rohmer, Grace Elliott
  • Producers: François Ivernel, Françoise Etchegaray, Léonard Glowinski, Pierre Cottrell, Pierre Rissient
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Pathe Distribution
  • DVD Release Date: 12 Aug 2002
  • Run Time: 123 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00006IIY0
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 30,098 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Special Features
1.77 Wide Screen
16:9 Wide Screen
DVD 9
French
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 French
Dolby Digital 5.1
English


Synopsis
This visually breathtaking film from New Wave director Eric Rohmer uses hand-painted sets that depict 18th-century Paris, the English lady's home, and the surrounding countryside with a vivid effect that looks like a realist oil painting brought to life. Set in the mid-1700s during the French Revolution, THE LADY AND THE DUKE tracks the profound friendship between Grace Elliot (Lucy Russell), an English woman who lives in Paris and insists on staying there throughout the war, and the Duke of Orleans (Jean-Claude Dreyfus), the cousin of Louis XVI and Grace's former lover. Russell (FOLLOWING) gives a superb performance as the headstrong, political, beautiful, and daring Grace Elliot, whose real-life memoirs inspired Rohmer to make the film. Dreyfus (DELICATESSEN) plays her perfect counterpart--powerful and unwavering, yet charming, caring, and honest. As each scene of the film magically bleeds into the next, the painterly backdrops make it difficult to discern 3-D objects such as chairs from the trompe l'oiel flat painted sets. Characters enter or exit with shocking life as the camera matches them to the color and texture of the painting. Majestic black horses that pull carriages over the "cobblestone" streets shimmer with velveteen realness. Meanwhile, tension brought on by the war adds strain to the friendship between the lady and the duke, and as the audience endures the fall of the Bastille, the September Massacres, and the finally, the king's execution, they are captivated, entertained, and historically nourished.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Stunning visual qualities in muted French Revolution drama., 15 Nov 2007
By pointone (Bournemouth UK) - See all my reviews
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Eric Rohmer's historical films seem to explore aspects of the age in which they are set, the "Marquis von O" explored eighteenth century acting techniques, the "Lady and the Duke" explores aristocratic response to the French Revolution.

Exterior scenes take place in town and landscapes created from lithographs, and the interiors and costumes make wonderful use of muted colour tones. These settings could well be hung in an art gallery.

Grace Elliott (Lucy Russell) was a real life courtesan and past mistress of Le duc d'Orleans and the films is based on her autobiography "Journal of my life during the French Revolution" still available from Amazon.

Lucy Russell is superb in creating the character of Grace Elliot and the interaction between her and Dreyfus as the "duc d'Orleans" draws you into the bittersweet afterglow of the residual friendship from an earlier relationship.

However the horror of the French Revolution surrounding the characters is only portrayed by messengers and conversations as it would have been in real life, but this does leave us with a rather flat and uninvolving drama.

A must see for all admirers of Eric Rohmer, but probably of limited general appeal.
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7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 27 April 2003
By A. Weiss V. Trostprugg "Alexander" (München) - See all my reviews
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One the the best Movies on French Revolution. Landscapes are stunning. Dialogues excellent, better in French and ev with subtitles. If you like the fine art of Rohmer don't miss it.
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18 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars The Lady and the Duke, 5 Oct 2002
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It is rather difficult to summarise the story of this film in one paragraph - the overall impression is that of a string of only loosely connected episodes. The film starts with a brief introduction to the Lady - Grace Georgina Elliott (Lucy Russell), a Scotswoman who regards France as her fatherland and is passionately opposed to the change of order - and the Duke (Jean-Claude Dreyfus) - 'Orleans', a cousin of the king and nevertheless in favour of the Revolution.
The first part of the film focuses on how Grace risks her life hiding in her Paris house Champcenetz, a badly wounded aristocrat, who is an enemy of the Duke. Champcenetz flees to England successfully - with the Duke's help - and makes no reappearance in the film. After that, the focus shifts to the fate of the royal family and Grace's compassion for the king and the queen - the Duke's vote in the Convention is decisive, and he chooses to condemn the king to death despite his early promises to Grace. Both the Duke and the Lady are arrested and tried later on - with different outcomes.

This is my first encounter with Rohmer, and frankly, I have expected much more from a director this renowned. The film has none of the drama and intensity of the French Revolution. The story lacks logic and development; the opposing political views of the main characters - the central theme - failed to hold my attention for long. Grace's endless tears and quasi-passionate soliloquys (passion is precious in films and not be wasted, or it will lose its effect) are tiring and there is no greater range of emotion. Adamant defiance of the new order is the only distinct thing about her. Rohmer hints at her charitable and caring nature, at her love for the Duke but these traces in her are not highlighted and almost go unnoticed. Instead, she continues to condemn the new regime. This is too little to make up a convincing character. And by the end of the film Lucy Russell's intonations become totally predictable.

Musical accompaniment is virtually non-existent; without a thought-through soundtrack the film seemed flat, two-dimensional.

The film was made in a studio, so don't expect breathtaking filmings of Paris - and prepare yourself for the exaggerations of colour lithographs.

As to the release, no complaints can be made except that there is no English soundtrack for those who want to watch the film in English. If you are happy to watch it in French, be warned that I couldn't turn the English subtitles off, and they can be irritating at times.

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