
Catherine Breillat
Director · b. 1948 · Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France
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.
Movies20
Movie6.9DramaRomanceA recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.
Movie4.8DramaA woman employs a gay man to spend four nights at her house to watch her when she's "unwatchable".
Movie5.0DramaDocumentaryMade 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.
Movie5.8FantasyComedyWith 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.
Movie5.3ComedyScience FictionOver 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.
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019 · 6 votes
MovieDocumentaryFrom the starting point of her admiration for the pioneering Ukrainian filmmaker Kira Muratova (1934-2018), the director poses a question: is cinema made by women really tougher, more violent? Seeking answers, she talks to great contemporary filmmakers like Catherine Breillat, Virginie Despentes, Alice Diop, Céline Sciamma, Ana Lily Amirpour, and Monika Treut, among others. It becomes obvious that the cinema screen is a space for the projection of real social problems and power relations.
No Mercy
2026
MovieDocumentaryA tribute to legendary 20th-century filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci, examining his cinema, art, and life.
Joie de Vivre. Appunti, pensieri, parole, riflessioni, volti, visioni su Bernardo Bertolucci e la cinefilia del 20° secolo che non esiste più
Joie de Vivre. Notes, Thoughts, Words, Reflections, Faces, Visions, Around Bernardo Bertolucci and the Cinephilia of the 20th Century That Is No More
Movie10.0DocumentaryA story about the riddle of femininity in French cinema.
French Beauty
2005 · 1 votes
Movie4.8DocumentaryMutantes 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.
Movie5.3DramaA stroke-afflicted filmmaker is manipulated by a notorious con man.
Movie6.5DocumentaryIn recent years, Hollywood productions have turned away from sensuality. Is the sex scene on the verge of extinction or reinvention? Alongside film professionals and researchers, this documentary deciphers a trend that speaks volumes about the evolution of the industry and our societies.
Prüdes Hollywood - Laster, Lust und Leidenschaft im Film
2025 · 2 votes
MovieDocumentaryA 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.
Movie8.0DocumentaryThe 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.
Filmer le désir - Voyage à travers le cinéma de femmes
Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema
2000 · 2 votes
Movie5.6ComedyDramaAfter 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.
Movie6.1DocumentaryFeatures 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.
Great Directors
2009 · 17 votes
Movie4.2DocumentaryRomanceUnderage sexual activity is one of the most taboo subjects on screen. The film traces the history and representation of adolescent love and sexual behavior from Splendor on the Grass to Thirteen. It examines both the sensational teen films of the 1980s and more modern youth cinema as mediums through which teen movies play a central role in adolescent sex education.
Indie Sex: Teens
2008 · 5 votes
Movie3.7ComedyDramaA Season in the Life of Emmanuel, a newborn who witnesses the drastic changes a French family experiences in a brief period of time.
Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel
1973 · 6 votes
- Movie7.0Documentary
A short documentary exploring the ongoing relevance and power of 'Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma'.
Salò: Fade to Black
2001 · 3 votes
- MovieDocumentary
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.
Movie9.0The 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.
Le dialogue dans le marécage
1973 · 1 votes
Series5
- TV6.0Talk Show
Samedi soir
1971 · 1 votes
TVDocumentaryMarcians
2017
TV5.1On n'est pas couché was a French talk show broadcast on France 2 on Saturdays at 11 p.m., hosted by Laurent Ruquier assisted by various columnists.
On n'est pas couché
2006 · 5 votes
TV5.4DocumentaryIndie Sex is a 2007 American television documentary film directed by Lesli Klainberg.
Indie Sex
2007 · 23 votes
- TVTalk Show