Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 

Don’t Touch the Axe

The beautiful Duchess of Langeais secures her prized trophy – the heart of a young, high-principled general, disarmed for the first time in unfamiliar territory – the deceit-ridden Paris salons in the era of the post-Napoleonic reaction. Rivette presents a merciless duel between true feelings and contrived emotion in this demanding yet masterful adaptation of Balzac’s short story.

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