The School of Flesh

1998 "Lessons in love, sex and betrayal."
6.5| 1h50m| R| en
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Fashion executive Dominique's obsession for Quentin, a young bisexual hustler, fills her desire for physical love but leaves her taxed emotionally. Twists and turns in the relationship, along with the man's violent and abusive nature, force Dominique to reconcile the conflicts created by her passion. In this quest, Dominique is aided, and sometimes hindered, by friends, clients, and Quentin's former and current acquaintances.

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Tuchergson Truly the worst movie I've ever seen in a theater
Cleveronix A different way of telling a story
Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.
Havan_IronOak Dominique, a successful woman, meets, sleeps with and begins supporting an attractive young bisexual hustler in Paris. While his life to that point is a complete mystery, it has been a mess and the woman provides him an oasis of calm. He comes to care for her and she for him but he refuses to become domesticated and still goes out at night and refuses to talk with her about it. When this relationship ends, as it seems all film relationships must, she is given the power to destroy him in the form of some very incriminating photos. It is up to her to decide. How does she really feel? Should she use the power that has been given her?
mcfan25 I really enjoyed watching this film because of the passion and sensuality it portrays. I have been watching BRAVO for quite a while now and when it showed this film, I fell in love with it. It starts out strange but gets deeper as you realize just how much in love these two characters are. The ending is a little bit sad and so if you enjoy sensuality this is your film.
buff-29 Isabelle Huppert is as beautiful as ever, but it is hard to see why her character does the things she does in this confused tale of cross-generational lovers. As a middle-aged businesswoman, Huppert takes a much younger bisexual bartender/hustler into her home, pays his debts, buys him clothes. He never seems to treat her well enough to justify her generosity, and he never seems interesting or lovable enough to justify her affection. It all comes unravelled eventually, after enough nude love scenes to keep most of the audience awake most of the time.
cs-7 Huppert is fascinating and wonderful. I could not take my eyes off her face -- the subtle shifts in emotion. You could almost see what she was thinking every moment although there were baffling moments as well. What was she looking for? Vincent is engagingly vulnerable and repulsive at the same time -- bravo to him for an excellent first effort. I'd like to see Isabelle and VIncent paired again in future films.Highly recommend this film.