The Last Mistress is anything but sugar-coated images.

Canada.com: "With Asia Argento (daughter of the horror maestro Dario Argento) starring as the prototypical vamp, the viewer doesn't even have to process the intellectual signposts. Every emotional ripple and social comment is rendered on the screen through top-notch performance and cunning art direction that conveys a genuine sense of luxe, but also all the dirt, odour and oily soot of the era."