2007 · drama · romance
The Last Mistress
Directed by Catherine Breillat1h 55m2007
Secrets, rumors and betrayals surround the upcoming marriage between a young dissolute man and virtuous woman of the French aristocracy.
Our read: The Last Mistress (2007) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- bleak
- cold
- intimate
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