Catherine Breillat Movies
Dirty Like an Angel (1991)
Sale comme un ange
102 Min
A middle-aged tough cop, Georges Deblache, is trying to help and protect a criminal, Manoni, that he has known since they were both young. He orders his younger colleague and friend, Didier Theron, to stay with the Manoni’s wife and son for surveillance. Meanwhile he starts a sexual affair with Barbara, the wife of Didier...
Brief Crossing (2001)
Brève traversée
81 Min
Desire for a subject that functions like a brief fling with no future as such, yet embellished by that very fact. Because something fleeting and futureless is not necessarrily pathetic or trivial. A brief crossing, perhaps an initiatory trip. Filming a guy’s “first time”, filming him like a girl. Gut level skin deep… Nostalgia for...
Sex Is Comedy (2002)
Scènes intimes
90 Min
A director (Anne Parillaud) attempts to shoot a sensitive love scene involving two actors (Grégoire Colin, Roxane Mesquida) who hate each other.
A Real Young Girl (1976)
Une vraie jeune fille
90 Min
Bored and restless, Alice spends much of her time lusting after Jim, a local sawmill worker. When not lusting after him, Alice fills the hours with such pursuits as writing her name on a mirror with vaginal secretions and wandering the fields with her underwear around her ankles. And, in true teenaged tradition, she spends...
84 Min
A 14-year-old (Delphine Zentout) pursues romance with a man (Étienne Chicot) while vacationing with her family in Switzerland.
Anatomy of Hell (2004)
Anatomie de l'enfer
77 Min
A man rescues a woman from a suicide attempt in a gay nightclub. Walking the streets together, she propositions him: She’ll pay him to visit her at her isolated house for four consecutive nights. There he will silently watch her. He’s reluctant, but agrees. As the four nights progress, they become more intimate with each...
Fat Girl (2001)
À ma soeur!
86 Min
A Ma Soeur! is a provocative and shocking drama about sibling rivalry, family discord and relationships. Elena is 15, beautiful and flirtatious. Her less confident sister, Anais, is 12, and constantly eats. On holiday, Elena meets a young Italian student who is determined to seduce her. Anais is forced to watch in silence, conspiring with...
84 Min
Although deeply in love with her boyfriend – and indeed sleeping in the same bed with him – a schoolteacher cannot handle the almost complete lack of intimacy he will allow. Increasingly frustrated, she gradually finds her sexual appetites leading her into ever more risky situations, including a developing one with the headmaster.
