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Catherine Breillat ( French: [bʁɛja]; born 13 July 1948) is a French filmmaker, novelist and professor of auteur cinema at the European Graduate School. In the film business for over 40 years, Breillat chooses to normalize previously taboo subjects in cinema.
May 15, 2024 · A list of 11 films by the French director known for her provocative and controversial explorations of sexuality, gender, and violence. See the rankings, ratings, and summaries of her works, from A Real Young Girl to The Sleeping Beauty.
Feb 10, 2022 · The legendary French filmmaker talks about her 1999 film "Romance", a quest for sexual identity, and her battles with censors. She also discusses her other works, her views on porn, and being a woman in a misogynistic country.
Jun 27, 2024 · The controversial French filmmaker’s Last Summer depicts a steamy affair between a middle-aged woman and her husband’s 17-year-old son from a previous marriage. She explains why she’s not a provocateur—and why she doesn’t need an intimacy coordinator.
Sep 13, 2023 · Last Summer is a 2023 French drama thriller directed by Catherine Breillat, starring Léa Drucker and Samuel Kircher. It follows a lawyer who has an affair with her stepson, based on the 2019 Danish film Queen of Hearts.
Jul 9, 2024 · “I’ve never been a provocateur. I’ve never made a scandal—I am a scandal, which is to say I’m an innocent scandal,” seventy-five-year-old French filmmaker Catherine Breillat (“Fat Girl,” “Romance”) says as she releases “Last Summer,” her first feature in a decade.
Catherine Breillat is a Paris based filmmaker and writer who became famous for her distinctively personal films on sexuality, gender trouble and sibling rivalry. Accused of being a "porno auteuriste", Breillat allowed for an unbiased view of sexuality and extended the language of mainstream movies.
