THE LAST MISTRESS
| 2007 – 110′ – Drama.
Written by: Catherine Breillat.
Directed by: Catherine Breillat
Starring: Asia Argento, Fu’ad Ait Aattou, Roxane Mesquida, Claude Sarraute, Yolande Moreau, Michael Lonsdale, Anne Parillaud, Jean-Philippe Tessé.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2007, New York International Film Festival 2007.
In French with English subtitles.
A IFC Films release. |
After notorious libertine Ryno de Marigny (Fu’ad Ait Aatou) wins the hand of Hermangarde (Roxane Mesquida), the most marriageable young woman in all the French aristocracy, he breaks off a decade-long relationship with his mistress, Vellini (Asia Argento). When rumor of his affair with Vellini reaches Hermangarde’s family, her elderly grandmother confronts him and forces him to tell her the story of their love. Meanwhile, Vellini may not accept rejection that easily.