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NYFF: The Last Mistress.
"Catherine Breillat's reputation preceded her and along with the very positive reviews that came out of Cannes I couldn't wait to see Une vielle maîtresse (The Last Mistress)," wrote Jesse Ataide at DVD Verdict when he caught the film in Toronto. "The film, much to my relief, was everything that I had hoped for. Visually sumptuous (Breillet had mentioned that she had been especially inspired by the paintings of Manet and Delacroix), the film never lets the sheer beauty of the period Parisian locations or opulent costumes weigh down the story or shield the sexual heat."
"By the midpoint of Une vieille maîtresse I already knew that Catherine Breillat would be my next project," writes Darren Hughes. "It probably goes without saying that Asia Argento steals every scene, but Breillat's staging of their bodies, more than anything else, is what has provoked my curiosity about her work".
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