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Cannes Film Festival: Women's Desires, Standing Ovations, and Critic Picks.
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Cannes Film Festival: Women's Desires, Standing Ovations, and Critic Picks.

The Cannes Film Festival has had one of its strongest years in recent memory, with notable films including Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City" and Marco Bellocchio's "Kidnapped." Todd Haynes' "May December," which explores the aftermath of a teacher's sexual relationship with a student, was picked up by Netflix, while Catherine Breillat's "Last Summer" examines the complex relationship between an older woman and a teenage boy. Other films reviewed include "The Zone of Interest" and "Fallen Leaves."

Catherine Breillat's 'Last Summer': A Steamy Tale of Taboo and Betrayal.
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Catherine Breillat's 'Last Summer': A Steamy Tale of Taboo and Betrayal.

French filmmaker Catherine Breillat returns to Cannes with her latest film Last Summer, which confronts the taboo subject of sex between adults and children. The film follows a woman in early middle-age who has an affair with her teenage stepson, causing a bourgeois family to fracture and paper over the cracks with lies. Breillat's concentration on the encounters between the two characters makes the subsequent rejection and cruelty all the more devastating. The film is politically charged and every shot finds its target.

Catherine Breillat's 'Last Summer' Sparks Controversy at Cannes.
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Catherine Breillat's 'Last Summer' Sparks Controversy at Cannes.

Catherine Breillat's "Last Summer" is a daring domestic drama that explores the complicated and impulsive choices humans make when desire takes control. The film follows the affair between a lawyer and her 17-year-old stepson, and while it is a betrayal, Breillat refuses to call either party a parasite. The director frames the film from the lawyer's perspective, adding another subversive layer to the experience. Breillat confronts uncomfortable topics and challenges the male gaze, privileging female pleasure while acknowledging its problematic nature.