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The Lady and the Duke (L'anglaise et le duc)
| Rating: | PG-13 (for some violent images) |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Release Date: | May 10, 2002 |
| Running time: | 125 minutes |
| Cast: | Lucy Russell, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, François Marthouret, Léonard Cobiant, Caroline Morin |
| Director: | Eric Rohmer |
| Producer: | Francoise Etchegaray |
| Writer: | Grace Elliott, Eric Rohmer |
| Distributor: | Sony Pictures Classics |
Description: The true story of Grace Elliott, a beautiful royalist Englishwoman living perilously in France during the Revolution, and her sometimes affectionate, sometimes tempestuous relationship with Philippe, Duke of Orleans, a cousin of King Louis XVI but nonetheless a supporter of revolutionary ideas. The Lady manages to persuade the Duke to rescue an outlaw, but fails to keep him from voting for the King's execution.
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