Directed by Catherine Breillat

Directed by Catherine Breillat

7 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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Directed by Catherine Breillat

7 Episodes

  • 36 fillette
    1:28:22
    36 fillette
    Episode 1

    36 fillette

    Episode 1

    Directed by Catherine Breillat • 1988 • France
    Starring Delphine Zentout, Étienne Chicot, Jean-Pierre Léaud

    After 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...

  • A Real Young Girl
    1:33:57
    A Real Young Girl
    Episode 2

    A Real Young Girl

    Episode 2

    Directed by Catherine Breillat • 1976 • France
    Starring Charlotte Alexandra, Hiram Keller, Rita Maiden

    Filmed 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...

  • Anatomy of Hell
    1:17:08
    Anatomy of Hell
    Episode 3

    Anatomy of Hell

    Episode 3

    Directed by Catherine Breillat • 2004 • France
    Starring Amira Casar, Rocco Siffredi

    After 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 ...

  • Nocturnal Uproar
    1:34:58
    Nocturnal Uproar
    Episode 4

    Nocturnal Uproar

    Episode 4

    Directed by Catherine Breillat • 1979 • France
    Starring Dominique Laffin, Bertrand Bonvoisin, Joe Dallesandro

    Catherine 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...

  • Perfect Love
    1:55:20
    Perfect Love
    Episode 5

    Perfect Love

    Episode 5

    Directed by Catherine Breillat • 1996 • France
    Starring Isabelle Renauld, Francis Renaud, Laura Saglio

    Catherine 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...

  • Sex Is Comedy
    1:35:00
    Sex Is Comedy
    Episode 6

    Sex Is Comedy

    Episode 6

    Directed by Catherine Breillat • 2002 • France
    Starring Anne Parillaud, Grégoire Colin, Roxane Mesquida

    Catherine 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...

  • Fat Girl
    1:26:35
    Fat Girl
    Episode 7

    Fat Girl

    Episode 7

    Directed by Catherine Breillat • 2001 • France, Italy
    Starring Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero de Rienzo

    Twelve-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 ...

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