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Format:	PG DVD
Starring:	Mathias Jung, Julie Judd, Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Bulle Ogier, Michel Piccoli, Michel Piccoli, Anne Cantineau, Marc Barbe, Thomas Durand, Nicolas Bouchaud
Director:	Jacques Rivette
Genres:	Drama - General, Romance, World Cinema - French
Studio:	FUSION MEDIA

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
Don't Touch the Axe	PG Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	2 hours 17 minutes
Rental release:	14 Apr 2008
Main languages:	French
Subtitles:	English

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Oh, How We Tease,

By crockery (137 reviews) from Belfast , 29 Jun 2008

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Set in the earlier part of the 19th century in Europe, this story is about a war hero General and the duchess of the title. They carry on an affair which in this film is more words as promises than words as actions. I like the fact that the film begins far from where the film is mainly set, years later. Antoinette, played by Ms. Balibar, is a pretty lady, and their affair is carried out over time. The duchess, however, is married, which of course complicates matters. The film may be a little too long to get to its conclusion, but it is well acted and somewhat absorbing. I would recommend it to anyone who likes these kind of period pieces, if not anyone who craves action mostly. It held my interest though, as I said, it would have been better if they shaved twenty minutes off of it. You may like it.
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Ughh!! Yuck !!

By Missclark (15 reviews) , 08 Aug 2012

Got really bored and lost thewill to live...... only watched 40 mins of the movie, Did'nt enjoy this film one little bit
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dull as ditchwater

By a customer from Stoke-on-Trent , 16 May 2010

The only interesting thing about this film is the title which gives the misleading impression that there might be a build up of tension. This film is painfully slow with completely unsympathetic characters.
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Don't touch the film

By a customer from Barnet , 03 Aug 2009

THis is supposed to be a love story, just like a fellow review, I didn't get past half an hour. If you like your french films with actors standing around looking into space while looking ernest, then this is for you. I would not recommend this to anyone.
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The games people play

By Rehan (127 reviews) from London , 12 Jul 2009

Did Balzac really create such profoundly annoying characters? I can't say, because I haven't read the novels, but though I usually quite like period films, this one takes the prize for being the very first that I got three-quarters of the way through (1'40') and just couldn't be bothered finishing.

The Duchesse de Langeais is supposedly a leader of society and a magical charmer: here, played by a haggard anorexic, she just cries out of a good smacking. The late Guillaume Depardieu doesn't do much better with his character either. Both are so tiresomely self-dramatising and overblown that you rapidly come to the point where you couldn't care less whether they live or die.

Some atrocious period inaccuracies (what looks like fluorescent light at evening parties, female band musicians, some seriously dodgy outfits and hopelessly misguided hair) make this tedious film tip the balance into the seriously unbearable. Avoid.
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Don`t bother

By jerym (34 reviews) from caerphilly uk , 02 Jun 2009

Can`t recommend this I`m afraid far too long, ridiculously slow,on this showing Depardieu junior has a lot off catching up before he even approaches his dad and I lost interest in these people long before the end.Piccoli was the only good thing about the whole thing and he was`nt around for very long.
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