Catherine Robbe-Grillet
Also Known As: Catherine Rstakian, Jeanne de Berg, Catherine Carayon
Biography: Catherine Robbe-Grillet is a French theatre and cinema actress, photographer, and writer of Armenian descent who has published sadomasochistic writings under the pseudonyms Jean de Berg and Jeanne de Berg.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Adult: No
Birthday: September 24, 1930
Age: 94 years old
Gender: Female
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Jerk
Overview: "Jerk" is an imaginary reconstruction – strange, poetic, funny and somber – of the crimes perpetrated by American serial killer Dean Corll who, with the help of teenagers David Brooks and Wayne Henley, killed more than twenty boys in the state of Texas during mid-70s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-12-03
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Trans-Europ-Express
Overview: A movie producer, director and assistant take the Trans-Europ-Express from Paris to Antwerp. They get the idea for a movie about a drug smuggler on their train and visualize it while taping the script.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-12-31
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Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality
Overview: This feature-length documentary explores a wide range of lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual women’s erotic fantasies and sexual practices. It reveals the conflicts and complexities of female sexuality as well as the joys and triumphs of self-discovery and personal empowerment.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-12
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Flash Love
Overview: Jeanne, a little secretary dreaming of love, meets Alain, a reporter-photographer with a major daily newspaper. He takes her along on his professional nocturnal activities, during which she meets a host of celebrities. One evening, Alain takes photos of the kidnapping of a diplomat, and is followed by a mysterious individual who wants the film back. Alain falls in love with Jeanne. Their embrace is passionate. During the night, he manages to get rid of the follower, then receives a new assignment: to leave for Colombia as soon as possible. He sacrifices his love for Jeanne to his ambition, and she waits in vain for him before returning to her dull life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-10-04
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Violent Femmes
Overview: Analog video by Sylvère Lotringer. Extended conversation between two dominatrixes, a younger American woman and an older French woman (Catherine Robbe-Grillet, writer and wife of Alain Robbe-Grillet).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Eden and After
Overview: A group of French students are drawn into the psychological and sexual games of a mysterious man called Duchemin. Once they sample his "fear powder" the students experience a series of hallucinations.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-04-20
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N. Took the Dice
Overview: N Took the Dice is essentially a reworking of Eden and After made possible by the roll of a dice (scenes from the 1970 film were combined with outtakes and additional footage in an aleatory way). Robbe-Grillet was always interested in music and since he perceived Eden and After to be serial in nature, it only made sense that its sister film would stand in opposition to that.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-01-11
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Successive Slidings of Pleasure
Overview: A young woman is questioned by the police and the judges, suspected of being a modern witch. The girl who shared her apartment has been found dead, and a pair of scissors impaled through her heart, as she lay attached to the bedposts. Apparently, the girl does have powers, to make all people around her fall prey to her spell, glissing progressively into desire, lust, and the unknown.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-03-07
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The Man Who Lies
Overview: A man may or may not have betrayed a resistance fighter during World War II. He has supposedly been shot down by the Nazis and wanders into town. Mourning the death of an unseen comrade, he is taken in by the family of the dead rebel. He engages in a superfluous affair and witnesses the lesbian relationship between the man's sister and a female servant. When passions subside, the family has doubts about the reliability of the man's story.
Genres: Mystery Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-03-27
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The Contract
Overview: In 2005 Beverly Charpentier declared an oath of allegiance to French writer Catherine Robbe-Grillet. In doing so she gave up her freedom for the rest of her life. The Contract portrays two strong women's unconventional love story, two women who have chosen to explore their love in a unique way, without compromise.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-08-30
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L'Immortelle
Overview: A melancholy man meets a stunning, mysterious woman while he is traveling, and discovers she may or may not be involved in a prostitution ring. She disappears after their relationship lasts a few days, and though he searches for her, those around him pretend not to know who he is speaking of.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-03-27
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The Ceremony
Overview: In an extravagant house in Paris, people gather for sexual ceremonies in luxurious environments. The 83-year-old author, Catherine Robbe-Grillet is the brains and heart behind the erotic role playing. She is the dominatrix who controls what goes on and her partner, who is 31 years her junior, has promised to submit to her smallest command. Lina Mannheimer portrays a puzzling, intellectual and deeply fascinating woman who, accompanied by her husband Alain Robbe-Grillet, has dedicated herself to investigating sex both in life and in literature. The sadomasochistic ceremonies are presented with an intense presence and cinematic focus in this beautiful and thought-provoking debut film about desire, power and silk scarves.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-02-13
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The Five Senses
Overview: A woman in a dark blue burqa directs, without a word, four other women in a room. The Five Senses is a sensuous play with power and hierarchy where traditional roles and identities are challenged.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-11-19
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Diner Noir Istanbul
Overview: A nature-hating aesthete, Jean des Esseintes attempts to furnish and decorate a country home where he will be able to live without ever again having to deal with the outside world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-03-29
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Brando
Overview: A short film about unfulfilled masochistic desire with a score by Scott Walker & Sunn O))).
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-23
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Alain Resnais, l'audacieux
Overview: A genius inventor of forms, Alain Resnais is one of the fathers of cinematic modernity. This portrait, rich in archives, looks back on the career of a discreet non-conformist, in perpetual search of renewal to fight against anxiety.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-09-05
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