THE LAST MISTRESS

**Ends Thursday, November 6th**

"ENTHRALLING... DEVASTATING... a riveting, roiling, thoroughly entertaining film. Think "Dangerous Liaisons" with less foppery and more sloppy, sweaty sex. Argento gives a gutsy, wild performance. - Rafer Guzman, NEWSDAY

"TORRID AND ARRESTING. Breillat's film without doubt contains the most explicit sex, and talk about sex, ever seen in a historical costume drama." - Jonathan Romney, SCREEN INTERNATIONAL

"One of the Top 5 art house films of the summer." - Stephen Holden, THE NEW YORK TIMES

THE LAST MISTRESS marks the monumental pairing of cinema's premiere provocateur, French director Catherine Breillat (ROMANCE, FAT GIRL) with the most fearless and explosive actor of our generation, Asia Argento (MARIE ANTOINETTE, BOARDING GATE).
A penniless rogue, Ryno de Marigny (newcomer Fu-ad Ait Aattou), shocks 19th century France with his engagement to the virginal gem of the aristocracy, Hermangarde (Roxane Mesquida of FAT GIRL). As lurid speculations of Ryno's ten year affair with the carnal Vellini (Argento) manifest, a supremely erotic and wickedly humorous depiction of human lust is revealed - overriding the brittle facade of nobility and reverence.
Bolstered by Breillat's mastery of the medium and Argento's commanding performance, THE LAST MISTRESS is a highly entertaining yet incredibly provocative film that has resulted in unanimous praise from audiences and critics around the world.

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