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.