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The School of Flesh

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The School of Flesh
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R,1hr 42min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1998
Director:
Benoît Jacquot
Distributor:
Columbia TriStar
Starring:
Isabelle Huppert, Vincent Martinez, Vincent Lindon  ...more
Synopsis: Benoit Jacquot directed this French drama about an older woman and a younger man, adapted from the novel by Yukio Mishima. When career woman Dominique (Isabelle Huppert) goes out to a nightclub one evening, her attraction to bartender Quentin (Vincent Martinez) is observed by cross-dressing Chris (Vincent Lindon), who approaches her and supplies inside dope on Quentin, leaving her intrigued. Although Dominique and Quentin travel in radically different spheres of income, class, politics, and education, ... Full Synopsis
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Keith Phipps, AMG Review
This second filming of the Yukio Mishima story School of Flesh transports it to contemporary France, and director Benoit Jacquot makes excellent use of the change, exploring the unspoken boundaries of race, class, sexual orientation, and age that persist even among Parisians who congratulate themselves on their urbanity. As the protagonist, a successful career woman on the far end of youth, Isabelle ... Full Review
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Isabelle Huppert
Dominique
Vincent Martinez
Quentin
Vincent Lindon
Chris
Marthe Keller
Laurence Thorpe
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