The Last Duel (2021)
The Last Duel
”A knight challenges his squire to a duel to settle a dispute, but his wife's fate hangs in the balance.”
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At first, 'The Last Duel' sells the idea of being another Ridley Scott (responsible for 'Gladiator') epic of gladiators, but it is not just that. Inspired by the homonymous book by medieval literature specialist Eric Jager, the movie tells the story based on facts of Marguerite de Carrouges - brilliantly played by Jodie Comer -, a woman who was morally and socially judged by France for having denounced a rape. As women were treated as a product in the 14th century, her fate is at the mercy of a duel demanded by her husband, Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon), against the man who committed the crime against Marguerite, Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver). The big question is that if Carrouges loses the dispute, his wife will be punished in the worst possible way: being burned alive. Despite the slow development, which counts three versions of the same story, Ridley Scott brings an excellent movie, which only fails to give little space to female characters - which is contradictory being a production that makes a complaint about the machismo present in society. Jodie Comer is a force of nature in 'The Last Duel': even if she deserved even more scenes, she manages to impress in every moment. It is worth warning that it is an extremely difficult movie to watch if you are a woman: there are rape scenes, which can clearly be a trigger and, perhaps, there should be a warning for this type of content.
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King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel.
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