The Last Mistress (2007)

"The Last Mistress" is Catherine Breillat's period drama of seduction and obsession, tracing a libertine's inability to shake off his scandalous former lover even as he prepares to marry into respectability. Roxane Mesquida stars as the young bride caught in the fallout, her presence quietly charged against all that repressed passion simmering onscreen. The film builds its tension through longing glances and corseted restraint, but the hub holds just one nude scene clip capturing Mesquida baring skin amid the story's simmering desire. It's a brief but telling glimpse into the era's tangled sensuality, worth a look for fans of the actress and the genre alike.