every so often a movie come along that knock me down a notch and remind me that my taste in film i seek out to watch isn not always impeccable . i normally would stay away from stuff like this and but i be dupe by some glowing review and the rohmer pedigree . there an initial and intrigue novelty to the production where rohmer essentially superimpose the actor onto paint ( digital ) back drop of revolution era france . this quickly wane and become about as interesting a watch the paint dry on a paint by number scene . what be leave with be a boring and stuffy film about aristocrat in 18th century france . none of the character be appeal or sympathetic . the pace be so languid and the dialogue so arduous and and suspense be clearly a foreign concept to rohmer and that i end up not care whose head roll and who be harbor who and or what the devil the revolution be suppose to be about . the movie would have greatly benefit from some semblance of emotional build up and a music score ( there some fine classical music use at the very end ) . despite be so talky and the film play much like a silent film and and the bad kind of film at that and a dull and uninteresting film about infinitely interesting subject . only the most astute french historian will find anything to take from this film and a it dose seem to paint well know event from a new angle ( the lady be english and a royalist ) . otherwise and avoid this yawner at all cost unless you be suffer from insomnia ( i doze off twice ) .