(ANSA) - VENICE, SEPTEMBER 10 - Of weapons and heroes, of knights escudieri, of battles and dances, the Hundred Years War and French ifeudi, the era of French cavalry returns to the cinema with a visually powerful blockbuster with sets, duels, costumes that are a feast for the eyes: The Last Dueld by Ridley Scott, Out of Competition in Venice 78 (in cinemas with Disney from 14 October), is not just a classic epicomedieval film, but much more. Written, starring and produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (and others), based on the 2004 EricJager novel, it tells a true story but not surprisingly becomes a film today.
At the center is the story of Marguerite de Carrouges (JodieComer), the wife of the brave and loyal knight to King Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon), who the charming squire Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver) protected by Count Pierred'Alencon (Ben Affleck) sexually assaulted. Instead of being silent on what was a practice of the time, Marguerite summarizes the risk of denouncing: the duel to the death between her husband and the rival will determine whether or not it was violence and if her husband died, she will have the immediate fate of being burned alive slowly.
"I imagine that seeing this film will generate a lot of empathy among the public, and catharsis. It is a feminist film in many respects, I myself consider myself a feminist and we are proud to make known this true story that happened in France in 1380 but incredibly modern" says Affleck in Venice together with the comrade Jennifer Lopez, a return of flame after 20 years that put them at the top of the most paparazzi of the summer. Affleck is again paired with Matt Damon: the two young, beautiful, talented together have produced and written this film. "But we have entrusted the third chapter - says Damon - to a woman, Nicole Holofcener".
The whole script, in the part for Marguerite, "was written from a feminist point of view but without forcing, we knew how this experience is the daughter of the # MeToo season - explains Holofcener - but the beauty is that it's all true".
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