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Catherine Breillat (born July 13, 1948) is a French filmmaker and novelist. She is known not only for her films focusing on themes of sexuality, gender conflict and sibling rivalry, but also for her best-selling novels. Ms. Breillat has been the subject of controversy for her explicit depictions of sexuality and violence. She cast the pornstar Rocco Siffredi in her films Romance (Romance X, 1999) and Anatomie de l'enfer (Anatomy of Hell, 2003).
In an interview with Senses of Cinema, she described David Cronenberg as another filmmaker she considers to have a similar approach to sexuality in film.
[edit] Filmography
| Year |
English title |
Original title |
Notes |
| 1976 |
A Real Young Girl |
Une Vraie Jeune Fille |
Based on Breillat's own novel Le Soupirail. Banned after initial premier until 1999. |
| 1979 |
Nocturnal Uproar |
Tapage nocturne |
|
| 1988 |
Virgin |
36 Fillette |
Based on her novel. |
| 1991 |
Dirty Like an Angel |
Sale comme un ange |
|
| 1996 |
Perfect Love |
Parfait amour! |
|
| 1999 |
Romance |
Romance |
|
| 2001 |
Fat Girl |
À ma sœur! |
|
| 2001 |
Brief Crossing |
Brève traversée |
|
| 2002 |
Sex Is Comedy |
Sex Is Comedy |
|
| 2004 |
Anatomy of Hell |
Anatomie de l'enfer |
Based on her novel Pornocratie. |
| 2007 |
The Last Mistress (aka An Old Mistress) |
Une vieille maîtresse |
Based on the novel by Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly (1851). |
| 2008 |
|
Barbe bleue |
Production halted after Breillat's second stroke. |
[edit] Stage plays
[edit] Bibliography
- Pornocratie
- Le Soupirail
- L'homme facile
- Tapage Nocturne
[edit] External links
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