Mort Payne
All of the reviews so far have missed the mark on this one. The funniest comment is that Depardieu is "corpulent." He doesn't have a six-pack, by any means, but he is not at all corpulent. Even in his later years, he has been, at most, a little chunky. What intrigues me most of all is that none of the reviews mention the creepy fact that a number of sex scenes in this film have a toddler in the middle of them, and that Gerard Depardieu, in a few scenes, spends an inappropriate time exploring said toddler's boy parts. I get that it's supposed to be a comment on some vague Freudian male penis obsession, but it doesn't have to be creepy like that to make such a point (whatever point that is; it's never made clear). It stops just this side of getting the baby involved in the sex, but goes as far as having a swinger fondling party while the baby watches and to have the baby naked on the bed between Depardieu and Muti carrying out some obvious foreplay, to name a couple of disturbing examples. No wonder this one is hard to find.
Sharan S
My initial rating while watching this movie was a 6. Here is a movie that stands as a Gerard Depardieu version of Kramer vs Kramer. Only this movie had a whole lot of nudity and sex, and given the fact that Ornella Muti is an incredibly beautiful actress, I didn't mind that. However, the film's climax hit me hard... hard as a rock. Why would a character go to such depths to retain child custody? Why would a character, who knows that women are his weakness, go back to the addiction? I guess, there's no answer to it. It was the film's cruel climax that lowered my rating to just a 1 on 10. There were several better ways to end the movie and this was the lamest, if said controversial. I don't think this is anywhere close to what a sane man would do in a situation like that.
HumanoidOfFlesh
"The Last Woman" is a pessimistic drama from Marco Ferreri,which openly criticizes feminism as the main source of loneliness among men.Gerard Depardieu plays an engineer who is married to Gabrielle.When his wife leaves him for feminist reasons he is left with custody of their nine-month old son.The relationship between Gerard and his son's daycare worker Valerie begins.After seeing how self absorbed and one dimensional Gerard is Valerie threatens to leave him.Gerard responds by cutting off his penis with an electric carving knife."The Last Woman" is a shocking and sexually graphic movie.The world in which we live in is the world in which we are all mere particles,colliding randomly but never connecting.In a perfectly liberal sexual system some people have a varied and exciting erotic life,others are reduced to masturbation and solitude.8 out of 10.
FilmCriticLalitRao
After having attended a film festival in Creteil (a posh suburb of Paris), I accidentally got a chance to watch "La derniere femme" on big screen. This invigorating experience took me in a not so distant past to a nice place called Creteil circa 1976. I was much too thrilled to have known Creteil through the vision of a maverick filmmaker Marco Ferreri for which he teamed with his regular partner Rafael Azcona. La dernière femme is a film which will easily please people of varied tastes. It can be liked by feminists,admirers of actors Depardieu and Ornella Muti and supporters of a highly unconventional filmmaker Marco Ferreri. The essential charm of this film lies in Creteil and its high rise buildings.Some of them are occupied by the likes of Depardieu and Muti.There is Michel Piccoli too who lends credible support to the narrative pattern. During my viewing of this film I did not mind at all watching a small kid act alongside Depardieu and Muti.I doubt as to how this can be true of other viewers who might find such a move harmful for young minds. Watch it to explore other films by Marco Ferreri.
AD
