Catherine Breillat
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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.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France
Birthday: July 13, 1948
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Gender: Female
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Last Tango in Paris
Overview: A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-12-15
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Anatomy of Hell
Overview: A woman employs a gay man to spend four nights at her house to watch her when she's "unwatchable".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-01-28
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Dracula and Son
Overview: 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.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-09-14
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The Housekeeper
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-11-13
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Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-21
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Abuse of Weakness
Overview: A stroke-afflicted filmmaker is manipulated by a notorious con man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-09-06
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Catherine Breillat: The First Time
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-02-10
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Salò: Fade to Black
Overview: A short documentary exploring the ongoing relevance and power of 'Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Great Directors
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-19
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Images of Women of the Social Corset
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-01-05
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Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel
Overview: A Season in the Life of Emmanuel, a newborn who witnesses the drastic changes a French family experiences in a brief period of time.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-05-01
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Le dialogue dans le marécage
Overview: 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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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-07-31
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Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-18
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Children of Salò
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-10-24
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Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-07-09
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30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-14
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Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Overview: 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 the future of cinema.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-28
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