The Last Mistress
2007 · Movie · Unrated · 115 min · ★ 5.8 · 78% critics
On the eve of an aristocratic wedding in France, a young man’s tangled past stirs up secrets, rumors, and betrayals. As desire and duty collide, the people around him are drawn into a tense struggle between passion and respectability.
Based on Une vieille maîtresse
Also known as An Old Mistress
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Details
- Original title
- Une vieille maîtresse
- Years
- 2007
- Release date
- 2007-05-30
- Language
- French
- Rated
- Unrated
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Critic score
- 78/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (74 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy romantic dramas driven by temptation, scandal, and conflicted emotions, especially if titles like Passages or Sorry Angel appeal to you; Not for you if stiff performances quickly take you out of a story.
Pros: thrilling passion; strong emotional turmoil; juicy period drama | Cons: uneven acting; hard-to-buy leads; mixed period feel
Themes
- love triangle
- loss of loved one
- female lover
- ancien régime
- aristocrat
- woman director
Cast & crew
Asia Argento
as Vellini
Fu'ad Aït Aattou
as Ryno de Marigny
Roxane Mesquida
as Hermangarde
Claude Sarraute
as La marquise de Flers
Yolande Moreau
as La comtesse d'Artelles
Michael Lonsdale
as le vicomte Prony
Anne Parillaud
as Mme de Solcy
Amira Casar
as Mademoiselle Divine des Airelles
Lio
as La chanteuse
Caroline Ducey
as La dame de Pique
Directed by Catherine Breillat