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FRANCE · 2007
Ne touchez pas la hache
Jacques Rivette
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.
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France · French New Wave
Films with Similar Themes
unrequited love · Napoleonic era · French aristocracy · religious retreat · past romance
