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'Splendidly cast… satisfyingly rich' - VARIETY 'A strong return to form for Ms. Breillat…The witty, often exuberantly funny screenplay keeps you laughing...' - Manohla Dargis, THE NEW YORK TIMES 'Seasoned provocatrice Breillat…a torrid but rigorously executed tale of bohemian amour fou...' - Jonathan Romney, SCREEN INTERNATIONAL 'The wonderfully hypnotic Asia Argento... directed by one of the most unnerving female directors in cinema, Catherine Breillat' - James Christopher, THE TIMES 'Mega-vamp Asia Argento, the Nastassja Kinski de nos jours, [stars in]... Catherine Breillat's sure- fire controversy An Old Mistress, as a 19th-century femme fatale' - Jonathan Romney, THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'For sheer mischief, nothing in the competition rivalled Breillat’s aggressively unorthodox costume drama... European cinema’s favourite scandalista Asia Argento' - Jonathan Romney, ART REVIEW 'The film marks a maturity for Breillat as well as for Argento' - Nick James, SIGHT AND SOUND '[Argento]... Tour-de-force performance... Breillat’s erotic head-trip' - Amy Taubin, FILM COMMENT 'The ever-provocative Catherine Breillat…a ferocious feminist revision of the myth of the femme fatale... Argento’s most flamboyant performance yet…Sumptuously shot…Breillat’s fiercely in- telligent disquisition on sex and society, The Last Mistress is costume drama with no holds bar- red' - Jonathan Romney, LONDON FILM FESTIVAL (Top 20 LFF) 'An erotic adaptation' - SIGHT & SOUND 'A rich, engrossing story. Sharp, witty... gravely beautiful' - Geoff Andrew, TIME OUT 'Lavish…impressive…suitably erotic and engaging' - Amber Wilkinson, EYE FOR FILM.CO.UK 'An enjoyable costume drama…plays like an arthouse sequel to Dangerous Liaisons... worth seeing for Asia Argento’s gloriously bonkers performance...' - Matthew Turner, VIEW LONDON.COM