- Catherine Breillat
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birth_date = birth date and age|1948|07|13
birth_place =Bressuire ,France
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occupation =film director ,novelist
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footnotes =Catherine Breillat (born
July 13 ,1948 ) is a Frenchfilmmaker andnovelist . She is known for her films focusing on themes of sexuality, [Emma Wilson, "Deforming femininity: Catherine Breillat's Romance" "France on Film: Reflections on Popular French Cinema" ed. Lucy Mazdon. London: Wallflower (2001): 146. "Romance" "is part of a larger and sustained project in Breillat's art to consider, challenge and reinvent female sexuality."] gender conflict and sibling rivalry, as well as for her best-selling novels. Breillat has been the subject of controversy for her explicit depictions of sexuality and violence. She cast the pornstarRocco Siffredi in her films "Romance" ("Romance X", 1999) and "Anatomie de l'enfer" ("Anatomy of Hell ", 2003).In an interview with "
Senses of Cinema ", she describedDavid Cronenberg as another filmmaker she considers to have a similar approach to sexuality in film.Her work has been associated with the
New French Extremity tendency.Quandt, James, "Flesh & Blood: Sex and violence in recent French cinema", "ArtForum", February 2004 [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_6_42/ai_113389507] Access date: July 10, 2008.]Filmography
tage plays
* "Les Vêtements de mer"
Bibliography
* "Pornocratie"
* "Le Soupirail"
* "L'homme facile"
* "Tapage Nocturne"External links
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* [http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/frenchbib.html#breillat Catherine Breillat bibliography] via UC Berkeley Media Resources Center
* [http://breillat.blogspot.com/ Breillat On DVD] A Guide to the films of Catherine Breillat on DVD for English speaking audiences
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* [http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/1999/09/17/breillat/ A "Salon" interview with Catherine Breillat]
* [http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/09/17/romance/print.html/A "Salon" review of "Romance"]
* [http://www.indiewire.com/people/int_Breillat_Catheri_2A616.html/A "indiewire" review of "Romance"]References
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