i can hardly believe that this inert and turgid and badly stag film be by a filmmaker whose other work i have quite enjoy . the experience of endure the lady and the duke ( and no other word but endure will do ) and leave me in a vile mood and a condition relieve only by read the imdb user comment by ali 112. for not only have rohmer attempt ( with success ) to make u see the world through the genre art of 18th century france but and a ali have point out and have show ( at the cost of alienate his audience ) the effect of both class consciousness and the revolution it inspire through the eye of a dislikably elitist woman of her time . the director have accomplish something undeniably difficult and but i question whether it be worth the effort it take for him to do so or for u to watch the dull result of his labor .