L'ecole des femmes /
Fearful of falling victim to marital infidelity, bachelor Arnolphe schemes to marry his guileless young ward, Agnès, whom he has had raised in a convent specifically to be his model wife. However, his naïve plan is spoiled when Agnès runs away with Horace, a fact that Arnolphe learns when Horace unw...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | In French. |
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Princeton, NJ :
Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
[1999]
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| Summary: | Fearful of falling victim to marital infidelity, bachelor Arnolphe schemes to marry his guileless young ward, Agnès, whom he has had raised in a convent specifically to be his model wife. However, his naïve plan is spoiled when Agnès runs away with Horace, a fact that Arnolphe learns when Horace unwittingly asks him to conceal her at his home. Before Arnolphe can react, it is revealed that Agnès' wealthy father has formally arranged her marriage to Horace, dashing his hopes forever. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 21, 2010). Vendor website does not provide whether the original video format used for the online video was VHS or DVD. The VHS was copyrighted for 2000, and the DVD was copyrighted for 2006. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video (138 min.) |