Who is the original author of Old Lovers?

The battle for the Palme d 'Or is drawing to a close, and the film "Old Lover" by French erotic female directors Catalina-Brea has appeared in the media. This is female directors's eleventh feature film. In the previous ten works, because of the bold theme of director Katrina-Breya's film, especially the direct and uncompromising directing style, the naked sex scenes and character relationships in the film almost caused a scandal and caused some moral condemnation every time.

Perhaps it is this long-term confrontation with public opinion that makes the director finally tired. Katrina-Breya claims that her previous work "Anatomy of Hell" can be described as an excavation of her own theme about sex, and from then on, she will not continue with this theme. Therefore, in the new work, we can see that the director not only changes the theme from sex to love, but also this is the director's first costume film.

The film is based on the novel of the same name Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, a writer who was also regarded as an alternative in the 18th century. At that time, all kinds of descriptions about the upper class were called a big scandal. The obsessive and painful love between the characters in the novel attracted the director's attention ten years ago and wanted to put it on the big screen. The story tells that Lino (Fu'ad AIT AATOU), a young and charming sexual libertarian, is going to marry Ermengarde (Roxana Mesjida Roxane Mesguida). However, in the upper circles, rumors fly, and people whisper about the ten-year-long passionate love between Lino and socialite Vilini (Asia Argento). Not only do they have no confidence in this new marriage, but they even want to stop it. Then, in the narration of the hero Lino's memories, we walked into the love that Lino and Vilini experienced, feeling obsessed, painful and unwilling to stop.

The story enters the second stage. In the marriage world of Lino and innocent Ermengarde, although Lino loves his spotless wife deeply, she still can't resist the temptation under the persistence and enthusiasm of Vilini. The film leads to the story by the conversation between two upper-class aristocrats in the carriage, and ends with their feelings in the carriage. In this love tragedy, Lino finally returned to Vilini. Although, his love with Ermengarde, once so sincere and pure, has only become a memory fragment.

At the film festival, people are still mentally prepared, and Katrina Breya will drop a bomb for the Cannes Film Festival. In fact, this film, which is trying to return to orthodoxy, can still see the director's special style, but it has not made new challenges on sexual issues. The first reaction that everyone made after the media watched the scene was that the film did not create a scandal.

In addition, during the preparation of this film, director Katrina-Breya had a sudden encephalopathy, which put the plan on hold for one year. This film is also the most expensive of all the director's works. According to the director himself, it costs more than the sum of the previous ten films. (Cannes feature Liu Min)