If you're going to base a screenplay on the Rashomon style, you really need to understand the very simple concept, which is that each character tells their story from their own point of view. So when Matt Damon's wife rolls her eyes after Matt's clumsy attempt at rough intercourse, and he says he felt she liked it, we should have seen her liking it. It's his point of view, after all. Her hating it should have come out in her point of view segment. The rapist Lord and the rapee Lady's stories are almost identical particularly in the rape scene. A brief shot of her slippers coming off as she heads up the staircase is subtly different in the two stories. Did she kick them off, hoping for sex, or did they fall off in her hurry to get away from the scoundrel intent on bedding her? What does it matter? Their two recollections of the rape are otherwise identical. The Lord is seen raping her (in both versions), but when challenged, he claims he didn't rape her. So he's lying. Then should not his point of view be seen as her leading him on into having sex with her? Since the plot cannot hinge on the differing points of view, instead we are given a lecture on the morals of Medieval France. The Lord did not rape the Lady, because back in them days, it was absolutely permitted for a Lord to have sex with any woman they wanted. Even another Lord's wife. In fact the term "rape" probably didn't exist. As we all know, rape wasn't even a crime in Italy until 1990, so Medieval France would have been awfully woke if it had made rape a crime back then. So the homage to Rashomon is a waste of time. Literally, since we see the same scene twice. Far better to have a traditional unfolding story (even with flashbacks, but no twice told tales) which concentrates on the mores of the time which allow Lords to violate women when they feel like it. This would give more gravitas to the Lady in having the courage to denounce her violator, persuade her husband to defend her honour in mortal combat, and risk being burned alive if he lost.
Review of The Last Duel
