FRANCE · 2007

Ne touchez pas la hache

Jacques Rivette
French New Wave unrequited love Napoleonic era French aristocracy religious retreat past romance
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Synopsis

At a Spanish cloister, a celebrated French general of the Napoleonic Wars recognizes the voice of one of the nuns and recalls how, five years ago, she was the Duchess of Langeais, and he her most persistent suitor.

Year2007
CountryFrance
DirectorJacques Rivette
Ne touchez pas la hache poster

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