Thursday, April 16, 2009

The Last Mistress

France  Asia Argento

This tells the story of a long term love affair in 19th century Paris. It was nice looking in a conventional sort of way and I pretty much bought the level of passion between the two leads which was necessary to drive the story but I didn't really care how this resolved. The lies and machinations of over-privileged French twits just doesn't reach me.

The film was burdened by some soft core sex scenes which were unimaginative and poorly lit. AA has an earthy, almost trashy quality which helped give her character credibility while at the same time placing her outside the upper class.

A professional film which I'll likely forget completely in a month.

5

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