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Catherine Breillat (French:; 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.
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.
Jun 29, 2024 · From her controversial 1976 directorial debut “A Real Young Girl” to even more confrontational later works like “Romance” (1999) and “Anatomy of Hell” (2004), French auteur Catherine Breillat has...
Jun 28, 2024 · The French director Catherine Breillat’s new film, a fiercely antagonistic tale of an incestuous affair, is both a long-delayed return to work and an artistic self-renewal. By Richard Brody ...
Jun 25, 2024 · Nothing in this sick, sad world is simpler or more complicated than sex, a principle that helps to explain why the ever-provocative Catherine Breillat — whose films so often consecrate female...
Feb 10, 2022 · Breillat, the self-proclaimed “pariah of French cinema,” has said she designed her film as a “war machine against censorship” — although, as it was inspired by a bold speech on...
Oct 13, 2023 · The French director discusses her adaptation of Queen of Hearts, a film about a woman's affair with her stepson. She explores themes of desire, denial, and sexual freedom in her distinctive style.
