Une Vieille Maîtresse got a fairly cold reception among critics at this year’s Cannes, yet the consensus was that this is perhaps Catherine Breillat's most accessible film. The fact that this film even got made is a success story on its own – the veteran filmmaker was victim to a cerebral attack leaving her semi-paralyzed. Today IFC First Take announced that they have picked up the North American rights to The Last Mistress.
Starring Asia Argento, 50 years after Choderlos de Laclos, the Marquess of Flers, decides to marry is grand daughter, jewels of French aristocracy, to Ryno de Marigny, a sort of romantic Valmont. But a thing remains hidden : this Don Juan, unrepentant, is the ten-year lover and the victim of a scandalous courtezan, daughter of a duchess and bullfighter.
The film will preem stateside as part of the New York Film Festival.
