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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]]'', [[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. +
-==Filmography==+
 +==Works==
 +===Filmography===
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| ''[[Catherine et Compagnie|Catherine & Co.]]'' | ''[[Catherine et Compagnie|Catherine & Co.]]''
| ''[[Catherine et Compagnie]]'' | ''[[Catherine et Compagnie]]''
-| Writer.+| Writer
|- |-
| 1976 | 1976
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| 1979 | 1979
-| ''[[Nocturnal Uproar]]''+| ''Nocturnal Uproar''
| ''Tapage nocturne'' | ''Tapage nocturne''
| |
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| ''[[Milan noir]]'' | ''[[Milan noir]]''
-| Writer.+| Writer
|- |-
| 1988 | 1988
| ''[[36 Fillette|Virgin / Junior Size 36]]'' | ''[[36 Fillette|Virgin / Junior Size 36]]''
| ''36 Fillette'' | ''36 Fillette''
-| Based on her novel.+| Based on her novel
|- |-
| 1991 | 1991
-| ''[[Dirty Like an Angel]]''+| ''Dirty Like an Angel''
| ''Sale comme un ange'' | ''Sale comme un ange''
| |
|- |-
| 1993 | 1993
-| ''[[Couples et amants]]'' 
| ''Couples et amants'' | ''Couples et amants''
-| Co-Writer.+| ''Couples et amants''
 +| Co-writer
|- |-
| 1996 | 1996
-| ''[[Perfect Love (film)|Perfect Love]]''+| ''Perfect Love''
| ''Parfait amour!'' | ''Parfait amour!''
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| ''[[Anatomy of Hell]]'' | ''[[Anatomy of Hell]]''
| ''Anatomie de l'enfer'' | ''Anatomie de l'enfer''
-| Based on her novel ''Pornocratie''.+| Based on her novel ''Pornocratie''
|- |-
| 2007 | 2007
-| ''[[The Last Mistress]]'' (aka ''An Old Mistress'')+| ''[[The Last Mistress]]''
| ''Une vieille maîtresse'' | ''Une vieille maîtresse''
| Based on the novel by [[Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly]] (1851). Entered into the [[2007 Cannes Film Festival]]. | Based on the novel by [[Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly]] (1851). Entered into the [[2007 Cannes Film Festival]].
-|- 
| 2009 | 2009
| ''[[Bluebeard (2009 film)|Bluebeard]]'' | ''[[Bluebeard (2009 film)|Bluebeard]]''
| ''Barbe bleue'' | ''Barbe bleue''
-| Based on the tale by [[Charles Perrault]].+| Based on the tale by [[Charles Perrault]]
|- |-
| 2010 | 2010
-| ''[[Sleeping Beauty (2010 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]''+| ''Sleeping Beauty''
| ''La belle endormie'' | ''La belle endormie''
-| Based on [[Sleeping Beauty]] by [[Charles Perrault]].+| Based on [[Sleeping Beauty]] by [[Charles Perrault]]
|- |-
| 2013 | 2013
| ''[[Abuse of Weakness]]'' | ''[[Abuse of Weakness]]''
| ''Abus de faiblesse'' | ''Abus de faiblesse''
-| Based on her book of the same title. +| Based on her book of the same title
 +|-
 +| 2023
 +| ''[[Last Summer (2023 film)|Last Summer]]''
 +| ''L'Été dernier''
 +| Based on the 2019 Danish film ''[[Queen of Hearts (2019 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]]
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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

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Filmography

Year English title Original title Notes
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
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Stage plays

  • Les Vêtements de mer
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Bibliography

  • Abus de faiblesse
  • Pornocratie
  • Le Soupirail
  • L'homme facile
  • Tapage Nocturne
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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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