General Montriveau, having returned from the Napoleonic Wars in despair, quickly becomes enamored with Duchess Langeais. Across a series of nocturnal visitations, the Duchess mercilessly toys with her hot-tempered suitor, as the machinations of a shadowy conspiracy unfold in the background.

• Pierre Grise Productions
• Cinemaundici
• Jeanne Balibar
• Guillaume Depardieu
• Bulle Ogier
• Michel Piccoli
• Anne Cantineau
• Thomas Durand
• Nicholas Bouchaud
• Mathias Jung