Customer Reviews

Torn between two lovers - By: L. Davidson, 16 Nov 2008
"The Last Mistress" is a not uninteresting , but a little unconvincing French film about a young Parisian noblemanin the 1830's who has difficultiesin choosing between his demure,attactive young bride & his tempestuous, saucy ex. The film charts his relationship with the haughty, raunchy Spanish wench through a pre wedding conversation the young man has with his bride's grandmother. He certainly found excitement & thrills with her, getting involvedin a duel with her erstwhile husband & losing a young daughter to a scorpion bite while livingin Algeria for instance. They split up but are drawn together again by a sort of fate,a "force de nature", that even marriage to a beautiful sweet-natured young girl cannot withstand. "The Last Mistress" is a well made period drama that will probably be best remembered for it's, er, realistic sex scenes,a phenomenon also displayedin one of the director's earlier films "A Ma Soeur" ,where the actors really looked to be indulgingin a genuine bit of "Ugandan activity".