Directed by Catherine Breillat
8 Episodes
Shattering taboos with her unflinching, often shocking explorations of female sexuality and pleasure, Catherine Breillat plunges fearlessly into the corporeal realms of eroticism and violence. The two are inextricably linked in her daring body of work, which encompasses controversial coming-of-age portraits like A REAL YOUNG GIRL and FAT GIRL, the overtly autobiographical SEX IS COMEDY, and her acclaimed latest, the daring exploration of forbidden desire LAST SUMMER. In all, Breillat explores the intricacies of passion, power, and sexual politics, forcing viewers to confront that which makes them most uncomfortable and radically redefining the depiction of the female body on-screen.
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1:44:14Episode 1Last Summer
Episode 1
Directed by Catherine Breillat • 2023 • France
Starring Léa Drucker, Samuel Kircher, Olivier RabourdinAfter a decade-long absence, Catherine Breillat triumphantly returns with an exploration of the themes that have made her one of cinema’s most rousing and controversial directors: the ecstasies...
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1:28:22Episode 236 fillette
Episode 2
Directed by Catherine Breillat • 1988 • France
Starring Delphine Zentout, Étienne Chicot, Jean-Pierre LéaudAfter a nine-year absence from the director’s chair, Catherine Breillat returned with 36 FILLETTE, having lost none of her power to push both boundaries and buttons. Delphine Zentout plays...
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1:33:57Episode 3A Real Young Girl
Episode 3
Directed by Catherine Breillat • 1976 • France
Starring Charlotte Alexandra, Hiram Keller, Rita MaidenFilmed in 1976 but not released until 2000, A REAL YOUNG GIRL is Catherine Breillat’s taboo-busting directorial debut and one of the boldest explorations of female sexuality ever committed to c...
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1:17:08Episode 4Anatomy of Hell
Episode 4
Directed by Catherine Breillat • 2004 • France
Starring Amira Casar, Rocco SiffrediAfter attempting suicide, a young woman (Amira Casar) makes a startling proposition to the man (Rocco Siffredi) who rescued her: she will pay him to watch her naked body over the course of four nights as long as ...
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1:34:58Episode 5Nocturnal Uproar
Episode 5
Directed by Catherine Breillat • 1979 • France
Starring Dominique Laffin, Bertrand Bonvoisin, Joe DallesandroCatherine Breillat’s stylistically raw, intellectually daring second feature contains shades of autobiography as it centers on a filmmaker named Solange (Dominique Laffin) whose search f...
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1:55:14Episode 6Perfect Love
Episode 6
Directed by Catherine Breillat • 1996 • France
Starring Isabelle Renauld, Francis Renaud, Laura SaglioCatherine Breillat traces the shockingly violent disintegration of a May-December affair in PERFECT LOVE, arguably her most realistic and disturbing study of romance gone wrong. When twice-divo...
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1:35:00Episode 7Sex Is Comedy
Episode 7
Directed by Catherine Breillat • 2002 • France
Starring Anne Parillaud, Grégoire Colin, Roxane MesquidaCatherine Breillat’s behind-the-scenes account of shooting FAT GIRL stars Anne Parillaud as Breillat surrogate Jeanne, a director intent on getting her film’s most intimate sequence just right...
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Fat Girl
Episode 8
Directed by Catherine Breillat • 2001 • France, Italy
Starring Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero de RienzoTwelve-year-old Anaïs is fat. Her sister, fifteen-year-old Elena, is a beauty. While the girls are on vacation with their parents, Anaïs tags along as Elena explores the dreary seaside ...
