The Last Duel

2021年 • 152 分鐘

關於這部電影

Jodie Comer gives a stunning performance in this thought-provoking drama set against the brutality of 14th century France from visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott. Based on actual events, the film centers on the accusation by Marguerite de Carrouges (Comer) that she was brutally assaulted by Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver), her husband Jean de Carrouges's (Matt Damon) friend. In order to protect his pride and prove his wife's claim, de Carrouges requests to fight Le Gris to the death. Now, all three lives hang in the balance in this society that holds that the victor of this grisly duel will be determined by God. Moreover, if de Carrouges dies in this fight, Marguerite will be put to death. Also starring Ben Affleck as Le Gris' scheming ally, the Count d'Alençon, this gripping, cinematic story is based on Eric Jager's book "The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France." THE LAST DUEL is a riveting, suspenseful tale about a courageous woman willing to risk her life in the service of truth.

評分和評論

A film about the complexity of perspective when the lies we tell to and about ourselves colour our memory. It explores this without falling down a post-modern rabbit hole, asserting that there is an objective truth which fights to be uncovered often at great cost to the teller. The opening scene bursts forth like the great initial battle of Gladiator, and the momentum never wanes. Damon and Affleck are good, but Driver and Comer steal the show.