The Lady and the Duke (2001)

Recommended

France/Germany

Feature Film

Original Title: L'anglaise et le duc

Director: Eric Rohmer

Writers: Eric Rohmer, Grace Elliott

Cinematographer: Diane Baratier

Cast: Lucy Russell, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Alain Libolt, Charlotte Véry, Rosette, Léonard Cobiant, François Marthouret, Caroline Morin

A wealthy Scotswoman, who several years earlier had adopted France as her home, struggles to survive the French Revolution without compromising her principles, whilst her former lover, The Duke of Orleans, hopes to do so by playing an active part, in Rohmer’s fascinating and stylish mix of artifice and realism, which features a pair of impressive performances and some beautifully written dialogue. Iain.Stott