Catherine Breillat

Catherine Breillat

Born: July 13, 1948
in Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France
Catherine Breillat (born 13 July 1948 in Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres) is a French filmmaker, novelist and Professor of Auteur Cinema at the European Graduate School.

Movies for Catherine Breillat...

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Title: 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Character: (voice)
Released: December 14, 2019
Type: Movie
Over 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company’s indelible contribution to independent cinema over the past thirty years. The participating filmmakers have each created a short film for the project, all shot on iPhones.
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Les réalisatrices contemporaines:  l'état des choses
Title: Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses
Character: Self
Released: July 18, 2016
Type: Movie
Right at the heart of the debates on the discrimination of women in the film industry, this documentary raises questions, while offering a voice to women and their cinema. Catherine Breillat, Claire Denis, Mira Nair, Margarethe Von Trotta, Ulrike Ottinger, Micheline Lanctot, Rakshnan Bani-Etemad, María Novaro but also the names of the less visible directors of the general public. Joining the filmmakers are the voices and comments of producers, film specialists and archivists through whom our images are meticulously preserved.
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Abuse of Weakness
Title: Abuse of Weakness
Character: Une Patiente à l'Hôpital (uncredited)
Released: September 6, 2013
Type: Movie
A stroke-afflicted filmmaker is manipulated by a notorious con man.
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Catherine Breillat: The First Time
Title: Catherine Breillat: The First Time
Character: Self
Released: February 10, 2013
Type: Movie
Luc Moullet’s surprisingly tender look at Catherine Breillat, whose powerful explorations of female sexuality continue to divide audiences while they also gain admirers. Extraordinarily articulate, Breillat offers her own thoughts on the reactions to her films.
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Images of Women of the Social Corset
Title: Images of Women of the Social Corset
Character: Self
Released: January 5, 2011
Type: Movie
A man asks himself about the image of women who are offered for his gaze. A documentary about the image of women in fashion, film, and life.
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Mutantes
Title: Mutantes
Character: Self - Interviewee
Released: December 21, 2009
Type: Movie
Mutantes sheds light on a feminism that was little talked about in France. This documentary comprises of a series of interviews conducted in the USA, Paris and Barcelona, and documents from the archives about the political action of sex workers, queer activists and post-pornographic performances.
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Great Directors
Title: Great Directors
Character: Self
Released: May 19, 2009
Type: Movie
Features conversations with ten of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles. The film documents Ismailos' voyage of discovering the creative personalities behind the camera.
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Title: Paris-Berlin, le débat
Character: Self
Released: January 10, 2008
Type: TV
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Title: Indie Sex
Character: Self
Released: August 1, 2007
Type: TV
Indie Sex is a 2007 American television documentary film directed by Lesli Klainberg.
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Anatomy of Hell
Title: Anatomy of Hell
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 28, 2004
Type: Movie
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 other, and a mutual fascination/revulsion develops. By the end of the four-day "contract", these two total strangers will have had a profound impact on each other.
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The Housekeeper
Title: The Housekeeper
Character: Constance
Released: November 13, 2002
Type: Movie
After his wife leaves him for another man, Jacques hires a housekeeper, Laura, to keep his Paris apartment in order. As he starts increasing her hours and spending more time with her on her days off, Jacques is torn between the pleasure of Laura's company, and the headache that such an intrusion brings to his new domain of singlehood.
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Children of Salò
Title: Children of Salò
Character: Self
Released: October 24, 2002
Type: Movie
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Salò: Fade to Black
Title: Salò: Fade to Black
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A short documentary exploring the ongoing relevance and power of 'Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma'.
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Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema
Title: Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema
Character: Self
Released: July 9, 2000
Type: Movie
The film consists largely of a series of interviews with female filmmakers from several different countries and filmmaking eras. Some, such as Agnès Varda and Catherine Breillat (both from France), have been making films for decades in a conscious effort to provide an alternative to the male filmmaking model; others, such as Moufida Tlatli (Tunisia) and Carine Adler (England), are relative newcomers to directing, and their approaches seem more personal and less political. The film as a whole manages to cover some important topics in the feminist debate about film -- how does one construct a female gaze, how can one film nude bodies without objectifying the actors (of either sex), what constitutes a strong female role -- while also making it clear that “women’s film” comprises as many different approaches to filmmaking as there are female filmmakers.
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Dracula and Son
Title: Dracula and Son
Character: Herminie Poitevin
Released: September 14, 1976
Type: Movie
With angry villagers driving them away from their castle in Transylvania, Dracula and his son Ferdinand head abroad. Dracula ends up in London, England where he becomes a horror movie star exploiting his vampire status. His son, meanwhile, is ashamed of his roots and ends up a night watchman in Paris, France where he falls for a girl. Naturally, tensions arise when father and son are reunited and both take a liking to the same girl.
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Le dialogue dans le marécage
Title: Le dialogue dans le marécage
Character: L'autre
Released: July 31, 1973
Type: Movie
The Sienese Pia Tolomei is imprisoned in a castle by a jealous husband. Based on the novel by Marguerite Yourcenar, inspired by a story from the Italian Middle Ages.
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Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel
Title: Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel
Released: May 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A Season in the Life of Emmanuel, a newborn who witnesses the drastic changes a French family experiences in a brief period of time.
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Last Tango in Paris
Title: Last Tango in Paris
Character: Mouchette
Released: October 14, 1972
Type: Movie
A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.
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Title: Samedi soir
Character: Self
Released: January 9, 1971
Type: TV