Denis Freyd

The Duchess of Langeais

Jacques Rivette

Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu

General Montriveau, having returned from the Napoleonic Wars in despair, quickly becomes enamored with Duchess Langeais. Across a series of nocturnal visitations, the Duchess mercilessly toys with her hot-tempered suitor, as the machinations of a shadowy conspiracy unfold in the background.