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'The Duchess of Langeais'
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"The Duchess of Languor" might be more evocative. Faithfully lifted from the pages of Honore de Balzac, Jacques Rivette's overlong, resplendently decorative drama takes on the phlegmatic air of its character.
Antoinette de Langeais (Jeanne Balibar) is a fan-fluttering coquette who wafts about the finest parties of Restoration-era Parisian society, voguing theatrically in sitting rooms and...
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