Jacques Rivette	...	(Director)
Honoré de Balzac, Pascal Bonitzer	...	(Writer)
Jeanne Balibar	...	Antoinette de Langeais
Guillaume Depardieu	...	Armand de Montriveau
Bulle Ogier	...	Princesse de Blamont-Chauvry
Michel Piccoli	...	Vidame de Pamiers
Anne Cantineau	...	Clara de Sérizy
Marc Barbé	...	Marquis de Ronquerolles
Thomas Durand	...	De Marsay
Nicolas Bouchaud	...	De Trailles
Mathias Jung	...	Julien
Julie Judd	...	Lisette
Victoria Zinny	...	La mère supérieure
Remo Girone	...	Le confesseur au couvent
Beppe Chierici	...	L'alcade
Paul Chevillard	...	Duc de Navarreins
Barbet Schroeder	...	Duc de Grandlieu

Summary: Set in 1820's Paris, Antoinette is the Duchess of Langeais, a married coquette living during The Restoration. When a handsome general Armand de Montriveau first meets her, he realizes it is true love from that moment on. Flattered by his attentions, Antoinette, orchestrates a calculating game of seduction, but she repeatedly refuses Montriveau, humiliating him. When Mortriveau seeks revenge, Antoinette's love awakens. But it may be too late for the star-crossed lovers.