Catherine Breillat's Une vieille maîtresse (The Last Mistress, 2007) opened the 2008 San Francisco International Film Festival after garnering many favorable reviews on its festival trajectory and Breillat was on hand to demonstrate her mesmerizing blend of premature frailty and fierce self-bemusement. Having already reported to Twitch on that opening night festival appearance, I now follow through with my interview with Catherine Breillat published at Greencine, where Dave Hudson has expertly gathered up the most recent reviews in the wake of the film's theatrical release.
Cross-published on The Evening Class.
Thanks for posting this. Although Breillat's works have always seemed to be directly in my line of interest, I have never seen of her films. I need to remedy this problem soon.
Thanks for commenting, Rodney. Some believe The Last Mistress is more accessible than Breillat's earlier films and a good place to start. I'd also highly recommend Fat Girl.