Last Summer (MA 15+)

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.

Cast: Léa Drucker, Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau

Director: Catherine Breillat

★★★★½ "Almost everything in this film will divide audiences – that’s why it’s great" SMH

"Here, after a nearly two-decade dry spell, is the comeback we’ve been wanting from Breillat: a film... that confronts the complicated, impulsive and all-too-often-regrettable choices humans make when desire takes control." VARIETY

"Thoroughly Engrossing…few directors get as deeply under the skin as Catherine Breillat" NY TIMES

"It would be a mistake to think of [Catherine Breillat] as merely a cinematic shock jock, going for effect over substance. Outrage is her weapon. In Last Summer, every shot finds its target." DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD DAILY

"Breillat crafts some images that keep tingling in the mind long after they’ve faded from sight" DAILY TELEGRAPH UK