The Duchess of Langeais
DramaRomance
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.
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A suffocatingly romantic period piece where desire curdles into obsession. The film feels like a fever dream, steeped in the opulent yet stifling atmosphere of 19th-century French high society, where love and vengeance intertwine.
melancholicintensesuffocatingromantictragicslow-burnperiod dramaarthouseliterary adaptationromantic tragedyunrequited loveobsessionsocial hierarchyspurned lovers
paris, francebased on novel or bookgeneralkidnappingobsessionsecret societyunrequited loveperiod dramahigh societyduchess19th centuryvengeancespurned manconvent
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