Human Desire Becomes Almost Kinky In 'The Duchess of Langeais'

Baltimore City Paper | July 29, 2008
If you've been feasting on a steady cinematic diet of superhero blockbusters this summer, this adaptation of Honore de Balzac's novel, directed by lesser known (in this country) French New Wave alumnus Jacques Rivette, is like switching to Melba toast after too many banana splits.

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