The Last Mistress
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| Directed by | Catherine Breillat |
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| Produced by | Jean-Francois Lepetit |
| Written by | Catherine Breillat |
| Starring | Asia Argento Fu'ad Aït Aattou Roxane Mesquida Claude Sarraute Yolande Moreau |
| Cinematography | Yorgos Arvanitis |
| Editing by | Pascale Chavance |
| Distributed by | Studio Canal |
| Release date(s) | 2007 |
| Running time | 115 min. |
| Country | France Italy |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $6,500,000 |
| Gross revenue | $1,831,577 (U.S.)[1] |
The Last Mistress (original title Une vieille maîtresse, literally “An old mistress”) is a 2007 French-Italian movie based on a controversial novel by French writer Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly.
It stars Asia Argento and Fu'ad Aït Aattou as the two main characters. The movie was directed by French filmmaker Catherine Breillat.
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[edit] Plot
Ryno de Marigny (Fu'ad Aït Aattou), before getting married to the young and innocent Hermangarde (Roxanne Mesquida), makes a last visit to La Vellini (Asia Argento), his Spanish mistress, to bid goodbye in an act of lovemaking. His liaison with La Vellini is the subject of the Parisian gossip, and before Hermangarde's grandmother gives her blessing, she wants to hear from Ryno everything about this relationship. Ryno reveals a tempestuous story but indicates that his ten year romance is over; he now is in love with Hermangarde. After the marriage, the newlyweds move away to a castle at the seashore. They are happy and soon Hermangarde conceives. But the "last/old mistress" reappears, and while Ryno tries to keep her out of his life, she is not to be rejected, and Hermangarde finds out about it.
[edit] Critical reception
The film appeared on some critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2008. Stephen Holden of The New York Times named it the 5th best film of 2008[2], and Sheri Linden of The Hollywood Reporter named it the 9th best film of 2008.[2]
[edit] Cast
- Asia Argento ... Vellini
- Fu'ad Aït Aattou ... Ryno de Marigny
- Roxane Mesquida ... Hermangarde
- Claude Sarraute ... La marquise de Flers
- Yolande Moreau ... La comtesse d'Artelles
- Michael Lonsdale ... Le vicomte de Prony
- Anne Parillaud ... Mme de Solcy
- Jean-Philippe Tesse ... Le vicomte de Mareuil
- Sarah Pratt ... La comtesse de Mendoze
- Amira Casar ... Mademoiselle Divine des Airelles
- Lio ... La chanteuse
- Isabelle Renauld ... L'arrogante
- Léa Seydoux ... Oliva
- Nicholas Hawtrey ... Sir Reginald
- Caroline Ducey ... La dame de Pique
- Jean-Claude Binoche ... Le comte de Cerisy
- Thomas Hardy ... Le valet de Mareuil
- Jean-Gabriel Mitterrand ... Le valet de Rigny
- Eric Bouhier ... Le chirurgien
- Frédéric Botton ... Le cardinal de Flers
[edit] References
- ^ The Last Mistress at Box Office Mojo
- ^ a b "Metacritic: 2008 Film Critic Top Ten Lists". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/film/awards/2008/toptens.shtml. Retrieved on January 11, 2009.
[edit] External links
- The Last Mistress at the Internet Movie Database
- The Last Mistress at Allmovie
- The Last Mistress at Box Office Mojo
- Une vieille maîtresse at Films de France
- Cannes Festival press kit
