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CATHERINE BREILLAT - Director & Screenwriter
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Catherine Breillat works simultaneously as an author, filmmaker and screenwriter.
In 1968, she wrote a novel L'homme Facile that was illegal to purchase for people
under 18 years old. She then wrote: Le silence après, Les Vêtements de mer and
Le Soupirail, and started to write scripts, writing or co-writing 14 screenplays in-
cluding: Catherine et compagnie (1975) directed by Michel Boisrond; Bilitis (1976)
by David Hamilton; Police (1985) by Maurice Pialat; and Zanzibar (1989) by Chris-
tine Pascale. In 1976, Breillat directed her first film, Une vraie jeune fille, based on
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her novel Le Soupirail, which was followed by Tapage nocturne (1979), 36 fillette (1988), Dirty
Like an Angel (1991) and Perfect Love! (1996). Breillat’s first came to recognition in the UK with
ROMANCE, which caused controversy due to its authentic sex scenes.
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"I love dandyism and the 19th century, and, in my opinion, this is the most beautiful
and most delightful of the French novels. If I'd lived in Barbey d'Aurevilly's time, I
would have been Barbey d’Aurevilly. I'm convinced of that. When the book was
published, it was attacked. It was said to be scandalous, but, as we see, it is not
scandalous, it is immense. (…) The novel was written by a man. I identify myself
as a painter. And a painter's signature is his last name. My name is Breillat.
We know it's feminine, but that's not because of what you see on the screen.
“I haven't left provocation behind, but when I made Anatomy of Hell, I said, that was
the tenth film with a big X: the last, the most hard-core, the one that transgresses
every taboo. The film that I had never dared to make. Once I got that out of my
system, I wanted to make a film about pleasure and passion, a more soothing film
for the viewer."
-Catherine Breillat
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