The Lady and the Duke

The Lady and the Duke French LAnglaise et le Duc is a 2001 feature film by French director ric Rohmer. The film was inspired by Ma vie sous la rvolution, the colourful memoirs of Grace Elliott, an Edinburghborn royalist caught up in the political intrigue following the French Revolution.

The film was criticised by many viewers in France because of its uncompromising presentation of revolutionary violence some described it as reactionary or monarchist propaganda.citation needed Asked about this, Lucy Russell remarked There does seem to be a great problem, not just in France, but every country has problems facing up to the nasty parts of its history. But theres a reason it was called the Terror.

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