Original title			Ne touchez pas la hache [2007]
Original lang.			French
Country			France / Italy
Genre			Romantic drama
Rating			PG
Length			2:17
Director			Jacques Rivette
Writer			Honoré de Balzac Pascal Bonitzer
Company			IFC Films
Starring			Jeanne Balibar Guillaume Depardieu Michel Piccoli Bulle Ogier Anne Cantineau Mathias Jung Show more... Jeanne Balibar Guillaume Depardieu Michel Piccoli Bulle Ogier Anne Cantineau Mathias Jung Julie Judd Marc Barbé Nicolas Bouchaud Thomas Durand Beppe Chierici Victoria Zinny Remo Girone Paul Chevillard Barbet Schroeder

Antoinette is the Duchess of Langeais, a married coquette who frequents the most extravagant balls in 1820's Paris during The Restoration, where hypocrisy and vanity reign. Upon the handsome general, Armand de Montriveau's first meeting with her, he realized it was true love from that moment on. Flattered by his attentions, the alluring Antoinette orchestrates a calculating game of seduction, but she repeatedly refuses Montriveau. Despite his sincere romantic declarations, Montriveau's passion remains unfulfilled. When the humiliated Montriveau eventually seeks his revenge, Antoinette's love awakens. But it may well be too late for the star-crossed lovers.