The final set piece is a work of staggering sexual power as our anti-hero Jean-Baptiste Grenoiulle releases with one flutter of his hand the essence of pure scent from a piece of cloth.
The love scenes between the two are strikingly shot, brutal in their honesty and passion, unfolding within a natural narrative.
What the viewer might assume as provocation or lewdness is in other words the unadulterated self-expression of an artist.