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The film follows Anne, a lawyer living in Paris
with her husband and two daughters, when the son from her
husband's previous marriage, 17-year-old Theo, comes to stay.
Anne begins an affair with Theo, putting her family and career
in jeopardy.
Lea Drucker, who won France's top Cesar award for best actress
in 2019's "Custody," stars as Anne, while newcomer Samuel
Kircher plays Theo. Olivier Rabourdin, from "Taken" and
"Midnight in Paris", is the husband, Pierre.
"Last Summer" is Breillat's second time in competition for the
festival's top prize, after 2007's "The Last Mistress", which
was set in 1800s Paris, and told the story of a libertine who
ends his relationship with his mistress to get married.
Breillat called that film her most accessible work, as it was
"completely unlike the films I usually make in that it does not
break any taboos".
Her other well-known films include 1999's explicit erotic drama
"Romance" and 2004's "Anatomy of Hell", both of which featured
Italian adult film star Rocco Siffredi.
"Last Summer" is a remake of the 2019 Danish film "Queen of
Hearts," which Denmark picked as its official selection for the
2020 Oscars in the international feature film category.
(Reporting by Miranda Murray; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
(Photo: The 76th Cannes Film Festival -
Screening of the film "L'ete dernier" (Last Summer) in
competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, May 25,
2023. Director Catherine Breillat, cast members Lea Drucker,
Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Samuel Kircher and producer
Said Ben Said pose. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes)
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