Catherine Breillat
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- | "[[Catherine Breillat|Breillat]]'s work belongs to a genre of films, directed by women, in which female protagonists peel back the seductive myths of romantic love in an attempt to discover the meaning of sexuality for themselves -- no matter how delightful or degrading their experiences. These films include: [[Carine Adler]]'s ''[[Under the Skin (1997 film)|Under the Skin]]'', [[Davida Allen]]'s ''[[Feeling Sexy]]'', [[Bette Gordon]]'s ''[[Variety]]'', [[Jackie Burroughs]]'s ''[[A Winter Tan]]'', [[Monika Treut]]'s ''[[Virgin Machine|The Virgin Machine]]''."--[[Barbara Creed]][https://web.archive.org/web/20000929051214/http://home.vicnet.net.au/~abr/May00/cre.html] | + | "[[Catherine Breillat|Breillat]]'s work belongs to a genre of films, directed by women, in which female protagonists peel back the seductive myths of [[romantic love]] in an attempt to discover the meaning of [[female sexuality|sexuality for themselves]] -- no matter how delightful or degrading their experiences."--[[Barbara Creed]] |
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- | '''Catherine Breillat''' (born [[July 13]], [[1948]]) is a [[French]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film director|director]] based in [[Paris]]. 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 (1999 film)|Romance]]'' (''Romance X'', 1999) and ''Anatomie de l'enfer'' (''[[Anatomy of Hell]]'', 2003). | + | '''Catherine Breillat''' (born 1948) is a [[French writer]] and [[French director|director]] known for her films focusing on themes of [[sexuality]], [[gender conflict]], [[sibling rivalry]], [[Sexually explicit|explicit]] [[depictions]] of [[sexuality and violence]] in films such as ''[[Romance (1999 film)|Romance X]]'' (1999) and ''[[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. | ||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
===Filmography=== | ===Filmography=== | ||
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+ | ==Linking in in 2023== | ||
+ | [[36 Fillette]], [[A Housekeeper]], [[A Real Young Girl]], [[Abuse of Weakness]], [[Agnès Guillemot]], [[Alain Soral]], [[Amira Casar]], [[Anatomy of Hell]], [[And the Ship Sails On]], [[Anne Parillaud]], [[Anouk Grinberg]], [[Asia Argento]], [[BDSM in culture and media]], [[Ben Barenholtz]], [[Bilitis (film)]], [[Bluebeard (2009 film)]], [[Bluebeard]], [[Bo Burnham]], [[Brief Crossing]], [[Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists]], [[Caroline Ducey]], [[Catherine & Co.]], [[Charlotte Alexandra]], [[Christophe Rocancourt]], [[Connor Jessup]], [[Daphné Baiwir]], [[Delphine Zentout]], [[Deux-Sèvres]], [[Dracula and Son]], [[Éric Gautier]], [[Étienne Chicot]], [[Fat Girl]], [[Feminism]], [[Francis Renaud (actor)]], [[François Berléand]], [[Fu'ad Aït Aattou]], [[Fuck Them All]], [[Gilles Guillain]], [[Giorgos Arvanitis]], [[Girls Can't Swim]], [[Great Directors]], [[Grégoire Colin]], [[Hiram Keller]], [[Horror film]], [[Indie Sex]], [[Jean-Pierre Léaud]], [[Jocelyn Quivrin]], [[Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly]], [[July 13]], [[Kate Durbin]], [[Kay Armatage]], [[Last Summer (2023 film)]], [[Last Tango in Paris]], [[Laura Betti]], [[Léa Drucker]], [[Linda Ruth Williams]], [[Lio]], [[List of directors associated with art film]], [[List of feminist artists]], [[List of film and television directors]], [[List of film auteurs]], [[List of films made by women]], [[List of films set in Paris]], [[List of French film directors]], [[List of French people]], [[List of French-language films]], [[L'Origine du monde]], [[Lydia Lunch]], [[Michel Houellebecq bibliography]], [[Midwestern Gothic (musical)]], [[Milan noir]], [[New Extremity]], [[Nudity in film]], [[Patrick Grainville]], [[Paul Kircher]], [[Pierluigi Balducci]], [[Piggy (2022 film)]], [[Police (1985 film)]], [[Pornographic film]], [[PorYes]], [[Queen of Hearts (2019 film)]], [[R18 (British Board of Film Classification)]], [[Roberto Malone]], [[Rocco Siffredi]], [[Romance (1999 film)]], [[Roxane Mesquida]], [[Royce Vavrek]], [[Sadism and masochism in fiction]], [[Sagamore Stévenin]], [[Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom]], [[Sasha Grey]], [[Sex in film]], [[Sex Is Comedy]], [[Sleeping Beauty (disambiguation)]], [[Sleeping Beauty]], [[Strand Releasing]], [[The Eyes, the Mouth]], [[The Last Mistress]], [[The Skin]], [[The Story of Film: An Odyssey]], [[Tim Palmer (film historian)]], [[To Matthieu]], [[Une vieille maîtresse]], [[Unsimulated sex]], [[Vicki Hendricks]], [[Women in film]], [[Women Make Film]], [[Women's cinema]], [[Yariv Mozer]], [[Yolande Moreau]] | ||
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"Breillat's work belongs to a genre of films, directed by women, in which female protagonists peel back the seductive myths of romantic love in an attempt to discover the meaning of sexuality for themselves -- no matter how delightful or degrading their experiences."--Barbara Creed |
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Catherine Breillat (born 1948) is a French writer and director known for her films focusing on themes of sexuality, gender conflict, sibling rivalry, explicit depictions of sexuality and violence in films such as Romance X (1999) and Anatomy of Hell (2003).
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Works
Filmography
Year | English title | Original title | Notes | ||||
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1975 | Catherine & Co. | Catherine et Compagnie | Writer | ||||
1976 | A Real Young Girl | Une Vraie Jeune Fille | Based on Breillat's novel Le Soupirail. Banned after initial premiere, until 1999. | ||||
1979 | Nocturnal Uproar | Tapage nocturne | |||||
1987 | Milan noir | Writer | |||||
1988 | Virgin / Junior Size 36 | 36 Fillette | Based on her novel | ||||
1991 | Dirty Like an Angel | Sale comme un ange | |||||
1993 | Couples et amants | Couples et amants | Co-writer | ||||
1996 | Perfect Love | Parfait amour! | |||||
1999 | Romance | Romance X | |||||
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 | Une vieille maîtresse | Based on the novel by Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly (1851). Entered into the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. | 2009 | Bluebeard | Barbe bleue | Based on the tale by Charles Perrault |
2010 | Sleeping Beauty | La belle endormie | Based on Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault | ||||
2013 | Abuse of Weakness | Abus de faiblesse | Based on her book of the same title | ||||
2023 | Last Summer | L'Été dernier | Based on the 2019 Danish film Queen of Hearts |
Stage plays
- Les Vêtements de mer
Bibliography
- Abus de faiblesse
- Pornocratie
- Le Soupirail
- L'homme facile
- Tapage Nocturne
Linking in in 2023
36 Fillette, A Housekeeper, A Real Young Girl, Abuse of Weakness, Agnès Guillemot, Alain Soral, Amira Casar, Anatomy of Hell, And the Ship Sails On, Anne Parillaud, Anouk Grinberg, Asia Argento, BDSM in culture and media, Ben Barenholtz, Bilitis (film), Bluebeard (2009 film), Bluebeard, Bo Burnham, Brief Crossing, Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists, Caroline Ducey, Catherine & Co., Charlotte Alexandra, Christophe Rocancourt, Connor Jessup, Daphné Baiwir, Delphine Zentout, Deux-Sèvres, Dracula and Son, Éric Gautier, Étienne Chicot, Fat Girl, Feminism, Francis Renaud (actor), François Berléand, Fu'ad Aït Aattou, Fuck Them All, Gilles Guillain, Giorgos Arvanitis, Girls Can't Swim, Great Directors, Grégoire Colin, Hiram Keller, Horror film, Indie Sex, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jocelyn Quivrin, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, July 13, Kate Durbin, Kay Armatage, Last Summer (2023 film), Last Tango in Paris, Laura Betti, Léa Drucker, Linda Ruth Williams, Lio, List of directors associated with art film, List of feminist artists, List of film and television directors, List of film auteurs, List of films made by women, List of films set in Paris, List of French film directors, List of French people, List of French-language films, L'Origine du monde, Lydia Lunch, Michel Houellebecq bibliography, Midwestern Gothic (musical), Milan noir, New Extremity, Nudity in film, Patrick Grainville, Paul Kircher, Pierluigi Balducci, Piggy (2022 film), Police (1985 film), Pornographic film, PorYes, Queen of Hearts (2019 film), R18 (British Board of Film Classification), Roberto Malone, Rocco Siffredi, Romance (1999 film), Roxane Mesquida, Royce Vavrek, Sadism and masochism in fiction, Sagamore Stévenin, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, Sasha Grey, Sex in film, Sex Is Comedy, Sleeping Beauty (disambiguation), Sleeping Beauty, Strand Releasing, The Eyes, the Mouth, The Last Mistress, The Skin, The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Tim Palmer (film historian), To Matthieu, Une vieille maîtresse, Unsimulated sex, Vicki Hendricks, Women in film, Women Make Film, Women's cinema, Yariv Mozer, Yolande Moreau