Catherine Breillat
Directing
Biography
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.
Born: July 13, 1948
Place of Birth: Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France
Known For
Prüdes Hollywood - Laster, Lust und Leidenschaft im Film
In recent years, Hollywood productions have turned away from sensuality. Is the sex scene on the verge of extinction or reinvention? Alongside film professionals and researchers, this documentary deciphers a trend that speaks volumes about the evolution of the industry and our societies.
Last Tango in Paris
A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.
Great Directors
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.
Dracula and Son
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.
The Housekeeper
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.
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
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.
Abuse of Weakness
A stroke-afflicted filmmaker is manipulated by a notorious con man.
On n'est pas couché
On n'est pas couché was a French talk show broadcast on France 2 on Saturdays at 11 p.m., hosted by Laurent Ruquier assisted by various columnists.
Indie Sex
Indie Sex is a 2007 American television documentary film directed by Lesli Klainberg.
Children of Salò
Filmography
as Herself
as Self
as Une Patiente à l'Hôpital (uncredited)
as Self - Interviewee
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Constance
as Self
as Herminie Poitevin
as L'autre
as Mouchette