The School of Flesh (1998)

Original title

L'École de la chair

Directed by

Benoît Jacquot

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Belgium, Luxembourg

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

R

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy Parisian woman becomes obsessed with a younger man she meets in a bar. Their relationship tests her boundaries and changes her life.

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What happens

The School of Flesh (French: L'École de la chair) is a 1998 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot, based on the 1963 novel Nikutai no gakkō by Yukio Mishima. It was entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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