even as this odd couple cuts its destructive path through the social order in a story that is essentially a tragedy, they come across as idealised revolutionaries rather than deluded victims of love.
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04/09/08
The Last Mistress (2008)
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Reviews Counted:91
Fresh:68
Rotten:23
Average Rating:6.7/10
Consensus: More complicated than your average bodice ripper, Catherine Breillat's Last Mistress features beautiful costumes, wrought romances, and a feral performance from Argento.
Theatrical Release:Jun 27, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $621,567
Synopsis: Controversial director Catherine Breillat (ROMANCE, FAT GIRL) delivers her most ambitious film yet with THE LAST MISTRESS. Adapted from the novel by Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, the film is set in... [More]
Starring: Asia Argento, Fu'ad Ait Aattou, Roxane Mesquida, Claude Sarraute
Director: Catherine Breillat
Reviews for The Last Mistress
In this lush period piece, a perfect match between gutsy actress Argento and France's enfant terrible-director, Breillat continues to explore gender and sexual politics in a bold yet entertaining way, resulting in her most accessible work to date.
03/03/08
Argento vamps her way through Breillat's film with an enthusiasm rarely seen these days outside a drag show.
11/24/07
While the story may creak, the performances do not; a wonderful cast breathes life into the characters %u2026 Strangely unsatisfying, the film nevertheless looks superb and Breillat's direction is fluid, aided by top notch editing and a great score
11/09/07
That rare period piece in which characters and their relationships are rendered with as much precision and detail as the set and costumes.
11/06/07
Breillat's most commercial film to date is an enjoyable costume drama that plays like an arthouse sequel to Dangerous Liaisons and features an utterly bonkers performance from Asia Argento.
10/25/07
The costumes are lavish but never get in the way of the characters, who are all fully fleshed out and given added verve from the excellent cast.
10/17/07
This talky, heavy melodrama is pretty to look at, but behind it there is nothing of substance
10/12/07
Asia Argento is the lively center of a sometimes meandering tale of sexual intrigue.
10/11/07
The adventures of a handsome libertine, his sexy Spanish mistress, and the beautiful young woman he is engaged to marry.
10/08/07
Breillat here shakes historical drama out of its petticoats, with a torrid but rigorously executed tale of bohemian amour fou.
09/08/07
Adapting a book by semi-notorious novelist and critic Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808-89), Breillat freely stamps her strong and singular feminine insights on a man's material.
09/08/07
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