L’ÉTÉ DERNIER / LAST SUMMER

Anne, a brilliant lawyer, lives in perfect harmony with her husband Pierre and their six and eight‑year-old daughters, in a house on the heights of Paris. One day, Theo, 17, Pierre’s son from a previous marriage, moves in with them. Anne is troubled by Theo and gradually engages in a passionate relationship with him, putting her career and family life in danger.

KATRIN BREJA / CATHERINE BREILLAT

The French filmmaker and writer Catherine Breillat (1948) is known for her sensitive and provocative works that explore sexuality, gender dynamics, and family conflicts. Over her 50-year career, she has repeatedly challenged traditional norms with her erotic works. Breillat began her filmmaking career with a role in Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris (1972). Her directorial debut, A Real Young Girl (1975), was banned in many countries due to its explicit sexual content and was not screened in cinemas until the year 2000. Some of her later works, such as Night After Night (1979) and Romance (1999), faced similar controversies. Breillat’s directorial career comprises 20 films, including daring titles like Fat Girl (2001) and Anatomy of Hell (2004).

 

Reveiws:

A movie that defies moral boundaries and narrative conventions (...) Breillat again takes us to the limits of what’s acceptable, asking us to ask ourselves whether we should have any limits at all.

Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter

 

Catherine Breillat immerses herself calmly and masterfully in the dizziness, lies, contradictions and manipulations of an incendiary forbidden love.

Fabien Lemercier, Cineuropa