SummaryThe Last Mistress marks the monumental pairing of cinema's premiere provocateur, director Catherine Breillat with the most fearless and explosive actor of our generation, Asia Argento. A penniless rogue, Ryno de Marigny, shocks 19th century France with his engagement to the virginal gem of the aristocracy, Hermangarde. As lurid speculations of Ry... Read More
Directed By:Catherine Breillat
Written By:Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, Catherine Breillat
The Last Mistress
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78
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Breillat, the flamethrower who made "Romance" and "Fat Girl," artfully twists period-piece drama to suit her provocative modern notions about sex, gender roles, and power.
90
A highly entertaining adaptation of French dandy Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly's mid-19th-century novel Une vieille maîtresse.
88
The picture's visual style is clean, exact and beautifully photographed by Yorgos Arvanitis.
83
Given their reputations as feminist provocateurs, the coming together of Breillat and Argento seems natural, even inevitable, and The Last Mistress gets a charge from their feisty, uncompromising spirit.
75
Lush. Debauched. Ravishing. And did I mention sexy?
60
Though Argento and Aattou lack the searing chemistry needed, the social politics are consistently intriguing, and everything - not to mention everyone -looks absolutely stunning.
50
Seems like very tame stuff, with little in the way of graphic sex and all the baggage of a run-of-the-mill art-house costume drama.
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Production Company:
- Flach Film
- CB Films
- France 3 Cinéma
- StudioCanal
- Buskin Film
- Canal+
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
- TPS Star
- La Région Île-de-France
Release Date:Jun 27, 2008
Duration:1 h 44 m
Awards
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Indiewire Critics' Poll
• 1 Nomination
Lumiere Awards, France
• 1 Nomination
