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last summer is call me by your name for people whose the exorcist is possession

Will Sloan4.5

French ephebophilia movies haven't been as thick on the ground on the festival circuit as they used to be, but we can always count on Catherine Breillat. Her latest — about an affair between a middle-aged woman and a teenage stepson — is one of her best.Like many of Breillat's female protagonists, the teenage boy Théo is just old enough to know that he has sexuality and feel its power, but too young to know how to wield it responsibly. There is a certain chemistry between him and his stepmother Anne, at least for a brief while, but it's not really a "love" chemistry. All but abandoned by his father for most of his life, Théo clearly gets off on being able to wield power over an authority figure, but is also genuinely confused about what love is, having been deprived of it so long. There are moments when he seems like the aggressor in his interactions with Anne, but as the movie goes on, we understand how little power he really has when she throws everything she has against him. He fights back through the legal system, and (it is implied) battles her to a draw, but it comes at enormous personal cost to him. By the end, the situation has become so painful for everyone that they have all chosen to believe whatever delusion they can live with.On top of everything: a very funny movie. Sex and power are familiar territories for Breillat, but in a moment when there is so much anxiety around issues of sexual power dynamics and "grooming," it's especially exciting to see a movie that rolls up its sleeves and really gets into it.

Lou (rhymes with wow!)3.5

That moment when you're in the theater to see a French erotic drama and it turns out that your parents are there to see the exact same movie..There's nothing like watching a 17 year old boy go down on his stepmom while you're sitting next to your parents.Catherine Breillat.. bringing families closer together. ♥️