eric rohmer the lady and the duke be base on the journal of an english aristocrat who live through the french revolution . but it a stilted affair and with it strange and painted backdrop and mannered conversational tone . most notably and this portrait of age of terror take place almost entirely at one remove from the real action while one see very little of ordinary people in this movie and and little of the chaos and poverty and terror that unfold away from the draw room of the persecuted and but spoilt and aristocratic class . the result be frequently dull and and ultimately unenlightening about the force that sometimes drive society to the brink of destruction while it a disappointing film from an acclaimed director .