Catherine Breillat

writer, director, actress

in Bressuire, France

FAMOUS FILMS (selection):

• UNE VRAIE JEUNE FILLE (1976)
• ROMANCE XXX (1999)
• À MA SOEUR (2001)

• DENIS CÔTÉ
  on SILENCE
• PABLO LARRAÍN
  on HISTORY
• MARGARETHE VON TROTTA
  on COURAGE
• ULRICH SEIDL
  on PARADISE
• URSULA MEIER
  on SPEED
• HANS-CHRISTIAN SCHMID
  on STORYTELLING
• OLIVER HERMANUS
  on OBSESSION
• YORGOS LANTHIMOS
  on FAMILY
• MICHAEL GLAWOGGER
  on TRAVELLING
• AGNÈS GODARD
  on PERSPECTIVES
• BENEDIKT SCHIEFER
  on SOUND
• BEKI PROBST
  on SUCCESS
• JAMES BENNING
  on TIME
• JAN KRÜGER
  on DESIRE
• ANGELINA MACCARONE
  on EYES
• ULRIKE OTTINGER
  on PLACES
• ARTHUR COHN
  on PRODUCING
• CHARLOTTE RAMPLING
  on LOOKS
• MARIN KARMITZ
  on COLLECTING
• CHRISTINE VACHON
  on HEROES
• CHRISTOPH HOCHHÄUSLER
  on ARCHITECTURE
• WIELAND SPECK
  on FESTIVALS
• XAVIER DOLAN
  on IMAGINATION
• CAM ARCHER
  on STILLNESS
• HAPPY NEW YEAR
  CINEPHILE NEW YEAR GREETINGS
• TOM TYKWER
  on CHANCE
• Special Issue #1
  FILM and LITERATURE
• "JOE" WEERASETHAKUL
  on MEMORY
• NIKI REISER
  on COMPOSING
• SHIRIN NESHAT
  on ART and POWER
• HARRIS SAVIDES
  on BEAUTY
• PETER PRZYGODDA
  on EDITING
• JESSICA HAUSNER
  on IMAGES and MEANING
• DOMINIK GRAF
  on TELEVISION
• ANGELA SCHANELEC
  on SPACES
• ANDRES VEIEL
  on DOCUMENTARIES
• MICHAEL HANEKE
  on VIOLENCE
• AGNÈS VARDA
  on POETRY
• HARUN FAROCKI
  on MATERIAL
• DANI LEVY
  on HUMOUR
• WIM WENDERS
  on PHOTOGRAPHY
• CATHERINE BREILLAT
  on INTIMACY
• ANDREAS DRESEN
  on AUTHENTICITY
• ISABELLA ROSSELLINI
  on SEX
• CHRISTIAN PETZOLD
  on COMMUNICATION
• MIKE LEIGH
  on THEATRE
• JONATHAN CAOUETTE
  on CINEPHILIA
• MICHAEL ALTHEN
  on REMEMBERING
• BRUCE LA BRUCE
  on PERVERSION
• KEN LOACH
  on POLITICAL CINEMA

CATHERINE BREILLAT on INTIMACY

There is no compromise in the works of Catherine Breillat. Explicit sex, cold settings. Her films are not easy to consume. In regular terms, she is confronted with the accusation that her films were pornographic. Despite all those criticisms her films seem to be an honest but blunt contemplation on sexuality. We have met Catherine Breillat and talked with her about intimacy.

CATHERINE BREILLAT über INTIMITÄT

Catherine Breillat geht keine Kompromisse ein. Weder in ihren Büchern, noch in ihren Filmen. Explizite Sexszenen, sperrig-kühle Settings. Ihre Filme gehen tief. Immer wieder ist sie dem Vorwurf der Pornographie ausgesetzt. Dabei sind ihre Filme der Versuch, ein äußerst fragiles Thema mit allergrößter Wucht von allen Seiten zu beleuchten. Wir haben Catherine Breillat getroffen und mir ihr über Intimität gesprochen.

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