The Duchess of Langeais
Directed by Jacques Rivette, 2008.
International Cinema at Eckerd College
A general in 1820s France, becomes fascinated the Duchess Antoinette de Langeais, who toys with her admirer’s feelings in an extended game of thwarted seduction.
In French w/English subtitles, 137 min., Presented as part of the Tournées Festival.
Films are screened in the Dan and Mary Miller Auditorium. Eckerd College is located at 4200 54th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, Florida. For further information, please contact the Eckerd College Office of Communications at 727-864-7979.
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The Tournées Festival was made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture (CNC), in collaboration with the Florence Gould Foundation, the Grand Marnier Foundation, highbrow entertainment, agnès b. and the Franco-American Cultural Fund.
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