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Catherine Breillat and Lea Drucker on Last Summer, Transgressive Desire, and Self-Denial

on October 16, 2023 in NYFF, Q&A

Léa Drucker and Catherine Breillat. Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.
Catherine Breillat. Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.
Léa Drucker. Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.
Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.
Léa Drucker. Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.
Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.
Léa Drucker. Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.
Catherine Breillat and Sarah Nicole Prickett. Photograph by Colleen Sturtevant.
Catherine Breillat and Sarah Nicole Prickett. Photograph by Colleen Sturtevant.
Catherine Breillat. Photograph by Colleen Sturtevant.
Catherine Breillat. Photograph by Colleen Sturtevant.

We were thrilled to welcome director Catherine Breillat and actress Léa Drucker to NYFF61 for the U.S. premiere of Last Summer. In the Main Slate selection, Breillat proves that she is not through toying with viewers’ comfort levels with her incendiary new drama, starring Drucker as Anne, a middle-aged lawyer who inexplicably finds herself sexually drawn to her husband’s estranged 17-year-old son Théo. A Sideshow/Janus Films release.

In a conversation moderated by NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim, Breillat and Drucker discuss transgressive desire, boundaries, and self-denial. Breillat also took part in a NYFF61 Deep Focus Talk about her career, moderated by writer Sarah Nicole Prickett. All NYFF61 Talks are sponsored by HBO.

Enjoy both conversations below, and subscribe here for more filmmaker conversations.