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The School of Flesh (1998)

The School of Flesh poster
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
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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)

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