The Last Duel (2021)
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King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.
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... Sir Jean de Carrouges
... Jacques Le Gris
... Marguerite de Carrouges
... Nicole de Carrouges
... Pierre d'Alençon
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FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/the-last-duel-spoiler-free-review
"The Last Duel became one of my favorite Ridley Scott films, boasting a commanding Jodie Comer who delivers one of the year's most emotionally powerful performances.
Adam Driver, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck all offer remarkable interpretations, but the actress fully embodies Marguerite de Carrouges' courage amid so much pain and suffering in a theme-heavy, brutally shocking true story.
The perspective-based narrative structure is interesting and efficient enough to overcome its inevitable repeatability issues. Holding technical attributes that will surely get recognition in the awards season - especially Harry Gregson-Williams’ score - the actual duel is one of the most nerve-wracking sequences of the last few years, compensating the audience's patience with a satisfying climax.
Watch it on the big screen, if possible."
Rating: A-
Director:
Writer:
Ben Affleck (Screenplay)
Matt Damon (Screenplay)
Nicole Holofcener (Screenplay)
Eric Jager (Book)
Release Date:
2021-10-13
Run Time:
153 min
MMPA Rating:
R
Reviews of
The Last Duel
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/the-last-duel-spoiler-free-review
"The Last Duel became one of my favorite Ridley Scott films, boasting a commanding Jodie Comer who delivers one of the year's most emotionally powerful performances.
Adam Driver, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck all offer remarkable interpretations, but the actress fully embodies Marguerite de Carrouges' courage amid so much pain and suffering in a theme-heavy, brutally shocking true story.
The perspective-based narrative structure is interesting and efficient enough to overcome its inevitable repeatability issues. Holding technical attributes that will surely get recognition in the awards season - especially Harry Gregson-Williams’ score - the actual duel is one of the most nerve-wracking sequences of the last few years, compensating the audience's patience with a satisfying climax.
Watch it on the big screen, if possible."
Rating: A-
**Analysis and Explanation at Spotamovie.com** - The Last Duel is a story of friendship, love and betrayals. But also of violence, war and weak justice. So even if it tries to focus on the role of women within society in the Middle Ages, the film presents crucial topics and a particular narrative structure. And we think this is a hazardous solution by Ridley Scott and his team, but somehow, it makes sense. And we are going to explain to you why in our analysis. The film is based on a true story, and reveal the courage of a woman who defied a nation and made history. - **The Story** - Two old friends, Sir Jean de Carrooges and Jacques Le Gris, found themselves fighting each other in different aspects of their lives. As a result, their military career takes different paths, as well as their social status and lives. Therefore, they build a story of envy, jealousy and betrayals that will change their stories forever. But why? The movie will provide you with three versions of the truth, and we have the challenging role of understanding who is lying. A gorgeous, highly educated woman will make things harder between the two old friends, Marguerite de Thibouville. What is going to happen? For which reasons a duel will be necessary? And who is Marguerite? - Full Analysis at https://www.spotamovie.com/the-last-duel-movie-review-and-analysis-2021-movie/
There is definitely something of Kurosawa's "Rashomon" (1950) in the compelling watch that Sir Ridley Scott has stitched together here, depicting well, as it does, the rather pyramidical feudal system that provided the legal and cultural structure of life in 14th century Europe. The film centres around allegations made by "Lady Marguerite" (Jodie Comer) that during the absence of her war-hero husband "Sir Jean" (Matt Damon) she was subjected to the unwanted attentions of powerful squire "le Gris" (Adam Driver). By way of a legal presentation to King Charles VI, the narrative now presents us with three equally plausible tales of just how these events may have unfolded. A tale of the initial friendliness between the men and of the ambition, greed, politics and fickleness that led to their current predicament. I cannot say that Damon is particularly good, nor is the blondly coiffured Ben Affleck particularly impressive as their overlord "Pierre d'Alencon", but both Driver and Comer offer us strong and characterful performances as each of their stories are rendered to the Court. The different versions are largely the same, there are but subtle and nuanced variations that you might, were you to be on a jury, have to identify and evaluate - in the end there are no forensics, there is no evidence as such - it is all about whom you believe. Again, this makes the film more interesting. It's not just whom you believe, but whom you want to believe, whom you think you ought to believe. There is the powerful church to consider; the local lords - decisions cannot be made according simply to any "rule of Law" or "code of chivalry". The duel - letting God decide - is the culmination (we see this at the very start of the film before our deliberations begin), but the cleverness of Scott and the writers here is to present us with as near facts as they can - we are left to make our own assessment. We are left to look at the way in which land and people - high born, or otherwise - were pawns in a game knowingly, or otherwise, that frequently became matters of life or death. The photography reminded me a little of the recent "The King" (2019) in that the filthy, muddy, damp and rat-infested conditions in which even the grandees lived are presented authentically and that adds loads to the overall feel of the film. The weather being often cold and wet, the battles being fierce and bloody - all of this contributes well to the strong visual imangery. It is a long film, but I found the episodic nature carried that rather well and the last twenty minutes are certainly worth sticking around for.
Cast & Crew of
The Last Duel
Cast
... Sir Jean de Carrouges
... Jacques Le Gris
... Marguerite de Carrouges
... Nicole de Carrouges
... Pierre d'Alençon
... King Charles VI
... Crespin
... Sir Robert de Thibouville
... Marie
... Adam Louvel
... Le Coq
... Queen Isabeau
... Celia
... Bernard de Latour
... Lady Marie Chamallart
... Henri
... Herald at the Duel
... Thomin Dubois
... Phillippe
... Elizabeth
... King's Uncle
... King's Uncle
... Priest
... Vassal
... Agatha
... Priest
... Palace of Justice Clerk
... Dowry Lawyer
... Argentan Herald
... French voice (ADR) (voice)
... Carrouges Maid
... Jean de Carrouges III
... Alice
... Le Gris' Priest
... Louis the Old Farmer
... Clergé
... Clergé
... Physicien
... Rider
... Palace of Justice Bailiff
Crew
... Director of Photography
... Director
... Producer
... Screenplay
... Executive Producer
... Costume Design
... Production Design
... Production Designer
... Screenplay
... Executive Producer
... Producer
... Original Music Composer
... Stunt Coordinator
... Foley Supervisor
... Editor
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Sound Recordist
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Screenplay
... Producer
... Executive Producer
... Sound Mixer
... Supervising Art Director
... Foley Artist
... Set Designer
... Producer
... Costume Supervisor
... Set Decoration
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Set Designer
... Co-Producer
... Art Direction
... Art Direction
... Production Sound Mixer
... Key Hair Stylist
... Makeup Department Head
... Art Direction
... Foley Mixer
... Makeup Artist
... Makeup Artist
... Makeup Artist
... Foley Editor
... Sound Effects Editor
... Art Direction
... Set Dresser
... Key Costumer
... Foley Editor
... Boom Operator
... Supervising Art Director
... Stunts
... Stand In
... Sound Effects Editor
... Stunts
... Makeup Artist
... Foley Artist
... Assistant Makeup Artist
... Book
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Associate Producer
... Makeup Artist
... Visual Effects
... Boom Operator
... Visual Effects
... Art Direction
... Hairstylist
... Hair Department Head
... Makeup Artist
... Makeup Artist
... Special Effects Makeup Artist
... Makeup Artist
... Visual Effects
... Sound Mixer
... Visual Effects Producer
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Visual Effects
... Makeup Artist
... Set Designer
... Prosthetic Makeup Artist
... Stunts
... Stand In
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stand In
... Stand In
... Stunts
... Stand In
... Stunts
... Stunts
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