Ridley Scott’s “The Last Duel” may hinge on two knights fiercely battling to the death, but the real protagonist is the woman at the center of the conflict, who was a footnote in …
The “Killing Eve” actor plays Marguerite de Carrouges, a French noblewoman in the late 1300s who is raped by her husband’s friend and testifies in court. The accused knight Jacques Le Gris challenges him to a trial by a duel to the death to determine whether or not Le Gris is guilty. However, if de Carrouges loses the duel, the last to be legally sanctioned in France, his wife will be burned at the stake as punishment for her false allegation.
“The more we learned about this culture in medieval France, the more incredible she became,” Damon told. “She stood up and spoke truth to power, at great risk to herself again and again and to an ever widening group of people. She was an enormously brave, heroic person. Our takeaways reading the book was this was the kind of person you should make a movie about.”
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 09: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez attend The Last Duel New York Premiere on October 09, 2021 in New York City. co-wrote the script, which draws clear parallels to the politics and fights for women’s rights today, despite taking place more than 600 years ago. “You certainly can’t leave the movie and say, ‘Well that was a long time ago. Thank god, that’s not happening anymore,'” Holofcener told“I’m sure people will come out of the movie saying, ‘Jesus Christ, that was a long time ago and we’re still dealing with this.’ Maybe not people being burned at the stake in this country…but things are getting better and more people are speaking out if they choose, and I think that’s great.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 09: Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso attend The Last Duel New York Premiere on October 09, 2021 in New York City. Added Comer, “It’s pretty evident that we’ve come so far in so many ways, and yet in many we haven’t learned anything, especially in regards to women experiencing sexual assault and women still fighting for autonomy over their bodies. It’s kind of depressing when you go, ‘Oh gosh, it still feels like we have another 600 years to go.
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