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Catherine Breillat


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. She is also a best-selling novelist and wrote her... See full bio »

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Known For

Anatomie de l'enfer
(2004)
À ma soeur!
À ma soeur! Writer
(2001)
Romance
Romance Writer
(1999)
Une vraie jeune fille
(1976)

Filmography

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 2013 Abus de faiblesse (written by)
 2010 La belle endormie (TV Movie) (screenplay)
 2009 Barbe bleue (screenplay)
 2007 Une vieille maîtresse (adaptation)
 2004 Anatomie de l'enfer (novel "Pornocratie") / (screenplay)
 2002 Sex Is Comedy
 2001 À ma soeur!
 1999 Romance (scenario and dialogue)
 1997 Viens jouer dans la cour des grands (TV Movie) (screenplay)
 1993 Couples et amants (writer)
 1993 Le secret d'Elissa Rhaïs (TV Movie) (adaptation)
 1992 La grande collection (TV Series) (1 episode)
 1991 La thune
 1990 Aventure de Catherine C. (screenplay - adaptation, dialogue)
 1989 Zanzibar (writer)
 1988 Milan noir (writer)
 1988 36 fillette (novel) / (scenario)
 1986 L'araignée de satin (collaboration)
 1985 Police (based on an original idea by) / (scenario, adaptation and dialogue)
 1982 Gli occhi, la bocca (collaborating writer)
 1981 La pelle (screenplay)
 1979 Tapage nocturne (writer)
 1977 Bilitis
 1976 Une vraie jeune fille (novel "Le soupirail") / (screenplay)
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Other Works:

(novel) Le Soupirail. Paris : G. Authier, 1974. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography | 4 Interviews | 3 Articles | 1 Pictorial | See more »
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Personal Quote:

It's not just freedom to do a particular act. It's not consumerism. If you think of an orgy or falling in love, everyone would rather fall in love because it's really transcendental. The problem is that all governments and all religions have always been determined to make sex something dirty. Religion is afraid of the power of sex - because a person who can find the transfiguration of sex in her ... See more »

Trivia:

Member of the 'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) since 2016. See more »

Trademark:

Dramas that explore female sexuality in a clinical, bleak style and with unconventional explicitness.

Star Sign:

Cancer

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