The tale of a beautiful royalist English gentlewomen, Grace Elliot (Lucy Russell), living ... more
perilously in France during the revolution, and her doomed relationship with Philippe, Duke of Orleans, (Jean-Claude Dreyfus).Although a cousin of King Louis XVI,...
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Advantages: A visual masterpiece Disadvantages: Overlong and slighly naff
for bigger and better things as her portrayal in both movies received such acclaim; however she rejected Hollywood and stuck with smaller roles in Italian cinema.
Ian Charleson is probably best remembered for his role of Eric in Chariots of Fire and also stared in hits like Car Trouble with Julie Walters and Greystoke. Charleson was more of a stage presence and was told that his performance of Hamlet was the best that Sir Ian McKellen had ever seen. Charleson openly came out as being gay no sooner had Chariots of Fire hit the screen. When he accepted the Role in Terror at the Opera he was feeling quite ill and realised that something was seriously wrong. Charleson vowed to do something far removed from his previous work and was a big fan of Dario Argento so continued with the project. Shortly after filming he fell even more ill was diagnosed ...
Advantages: A very moving film, historically accurate Disadvantages: The politics of the Spanish Civil War very were complicated, so may be a little confusing
seemed a little wooden, but I don't think this is down to Ian Hart playing him badly - imagine you are in a foreign country in 1936, you can't speak the language and you're surrounded by very passionate people. I think that this is part of the character, that he isn't entirely at ease in Spain, at least not to begin with.
One thing which many people may not like is the language. The dialogue of Land and Freedom takes place in a mixture of Catalan, Spanish and English, with subtitles in English where relevant. Personally I love this aspect of the film as I speak Spanish so I had no problems following it, and even so subtitles don't bother me. I liked the mixture of languages and the switching between them. I also feel that this is a very accurate device - many of the militia members would have been native Catalan speakers, while a young ...
Advantages: A truly wonderfil film Disadvantages: None
wonderful and the whole film is a real treat.
Then extras are wonderful. Interviews with people who worked with Jacques Tati on the film with detailed explanations of how he managed to recreate large-scale use of metal within the sets, without using one piece of metal! And how he was able, with some very obvious trickery (that had never, ever been used before!) to create some very cheap crowd effects! The extras on the DVD also reveals how Jacque Tati was abler to find so many real American ladies to play the parts of the American lady tourists.
The plot? Well, basically it is a typical Monsieur Hurlot film but which takes the concept to the next level. It gently guys modern technology, modern architecture and modern life. It points out human foibles and frailties, yet it does it in a way that is typically Jacques Tati. In way that is ...
The French Revolution as told by Grace Elliot, a Scottish aristocrat and the Duc d'Orleans ex-mistress. French dialogue with subtitles.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
PATHE DISTRIBUTION; 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Release date
12/08/2002
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
P 9044 DVD
Barcode
5060002830901
Screenwriter
Eric Rohmer
Director of Photography
Diane Baratier
Author
Grace Elliot
Languages
Main Language
French
Subtitle Language
English
Technical information
Aspect Ratio
1.77 Wide Screen, 16:9 Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 French
DVD Description
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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