The Last Duel (2021)

Marguerite -- wife of knight Jean de Carrouges -- claims to have been raped by knight Le Gris, who serves as the right hand to the king's cousin, Pierre. Carrouges demands, and is granted, a trial by combat.

After a brief glimpse of the duel's start, we flash back to "Part 1," which covers the events leading up to the duel from the perspective of Carrouges. This is the most boring bit & the bit after which Gary bailed. We then see the same events from the perspective of Le Gris. Then again from the perspective of Marguerite before finally arriving at the duel again. And it is masterful. Though the accounts are different, they all work together and, ironically, could all be true. 

My main complaint is why start with a duel and then go back? I spent way too much energy trying to figure out how much time was represented by the jumps. At the very least, we should've been given relational timelines (e.g. 9 years before the duel or 5 years later) rather than simple dates. But, other than that, this is truly a magnificent piece of work that had me sympathizing with everyone. 

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