Catherine Breillat Movies

Secrets, rumors and betrayals surround the upcoming marriage between a young dissolute man and virtuous woman of the French aristocracy.

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.

Based on the memoirs of author Curzio Malaparte, diplomatic liaison between the Allied and Italian forces after the defeat of the Nazis in Italy, The...

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of...

Underage sexual activity is one of the most taboo subjects on screen. The film traces the history and representation of adolescent love and sexual...

A director struggles with a difficult sex scene between a young actor and actress who can't stand one another. Aided by her loyal assistant, she is...

Luc Moullet’s surprisingly tender look at Catherine Breillat, whose powerful explorations of female sexuality continue to divide audiences...

A Season in the Life of Emmanuel, a newborn who witnesses the drastic changes a French family experiences in a brief period of time.

After the disappearance at sea of a young fisherman, his childhood friend and his mother begin an ambiguous relationship.

After a confinement in a harem, an illiterate Algerian takes her revenge by reinventing herself as a writer. Under the name of Elissa Rhaïs, she...

Catherine, a young British prostitute living in Paris, decides to start her own "company" after learning the basics of big businesscom from her...

Features conversations with ten of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes...

Georges Deblache, a despondent middle-aged cop, falls for his partner's wife.

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...

Seemingly, Paul (Jacques Bonaffee) and Isabelle (Marie Brunel) have a wonderful, harmonious marriage. Yet Isabelle is not averse to having a little...

Mangin, a police inspector in Paris, leans hard on informants to get evidence on three Tunisian brothers who traffic in drugs. He arrests one, Simon,...

A rich Italian's shocking suicide means different things to his twin brother, mother and pregnant lover.

The film consists largely of a series of interviews with female filmmakers from several different countries and filmmaking eras. Some, such as...